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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | murderer |
| Synonyms: | assassin, butcher, cut-throat, executioner, exterminator, gunman/woman, gunperson, hit person, hit-man/woman, hunter, slayer, soldier |
| Main Entry: | carcinogen |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cancer-causing agent |
| Synonyms: | deadly chemical, health hazard, killer*, mutagen, poison, toxin |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | competitive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | willing to oppose |
| Synonyms: | aggressive, ambitious, antagonistic, at odds, combative, competing, cutthroat, dog-eat-dog, emulous, killer instinct, killer*, opposing, rival, streetwise, vying |
| Antonyms: | noncompetitive, unambitious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | doozy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | winner |
| Synonyms: | beauty, humdinger, killer*, lulu, smash hit, something |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hit man |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hired killer |
| Synonyms: | assassin, butcher, contract killer, executioner, gunman, hatchet man, hired gun, hired gun, hired killer, killer, marksman, markswoman, murderer, professional killer, rifleman, shooter, sniper, trigger man, triggerman |
| Main Entry: | murderer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who kills |
| Synonyms: | assassin, butcher, criminal, cutthroat, enforcer, executioner, hit person, hit-and-run, homicide, killer, manslaughterer, perpetrator, slaughterer, slayer, soldier, trigger person |
| Main Entry: | ruthless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mean, heartless |
| Synonyms: | adamant, barbarous, brutal, callous, cold, cold-blooded, cruel, cutthroat, dog-eat-dog, feral, ferocious, fierce, grim, hard, hard-hearted, harsh, implacable, inexorable, inhuman, ironfisted, killer, malevolent, merciless, mortal, obdurate, pitiless, rancorous, relentless, remorseless, revengeful, sadistic, savage, severe, stern, stony, surly, unappeasable, unfeeling, unforgiving, unmerciful, unrelenting, unsympathetic, unyielding, vicious, vindictive, without pity |
| Antonyms: | compassionate, considerate, gentle, giving, kind, nice, sympathetic |
| Main Entry: | thug |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hoodlum |
| Synonyms: | assassin, bandit, bully, criminal, delinquent, gang member, gangster, goon, gorilla, gunman, hired killer, hood, hooligan, killer, mobster, murderer, professional killer, punk, rioter, rowdy, ruffian, troublemaker |
| Main Entry: | sniper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gunman |
| Synonyms: | assassin, killer, marksman, markswoman, sharpshooter |
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