Definitions of cutthroat
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someone who murders by cutting the victim's throat
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type of:
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liquidator, manslayer, murderer
a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)
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liquidator, manslayer, murderer
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ruthless in competition“cutthroat competition”
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merciless, unmerciful
having or showing no mercy
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merciless, unmerciful
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