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cut-throat
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cut-throat
n
1. a person who cuts throats; murderer
2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Hairdressing & Grooming) Also called cut-throat razor Brit a razor with a long blade that usually folds into the handle US name straight razor
adj
1. bloodthirsty or murderous; cruel
2. fierce or relentless in competition cut-throat prices
3. (Group Games / Games, other than specified) (of some games) played by three people cut-throat poker
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cut-throat
adjective
1. competitive, fierce, ruthless, relentless, unprincipled, dog-eat-dog the cut-throat world of international finance
2. murderous, violent, bloody, cruel, savage, ferocious, bloodthirsty, barbarous, homicidal, thuggish, death-dealing Captain Hook and his band of cut-throat pirates
noun
murderer, killer, butcher, thug, assassin, slayer (archaic), homicide, bravo, liquidator, executioner, hit man (slang), heavy (slang) a band of cut-throats prepared to undertake the vilest crimes for money
Translations
cut-throat [ˈkʌtθrəʊt]
A. N (= murderer) → asesino/a m/f
B. ADJ (= fierce) [competition] → feroz, encarnizado
C. CPD cut-throat razor Nnavaja f (de afeitar)
cut-throat
n (= murderous type)Verbrechertyp m
adj
competition, businessunbarmherzig, mörderisch
cut-throat razor(offenes) Rasiermesser


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