cutthroat

n.

1. A murderer, especially one who cuts throats.
2. An unprincipled, ruthless person.
3. A cutthroat trout.

adj.

1. Cruel; murderous.
2. Relentless or merciless in competition: a cutthroat business.
3. Sports & Games. Being a form of a game in which each of three or more players acts and scores individually: cutthroat handball; cutthroat bridge.

noun

One who murders another: butcher, homicide, killer, manslayer, massacrer, murderer, murderess, slaughterer, slayer, triggerman. See help/harm/harmless.

adjective

Eager for bloodshed: bloodthirsty, bloody, bloody-minded, homicidal, murderous, sanguinary, sanguineous, slaughterous. See help/harm/harmless.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: someone who murders by cutting the victim's throat

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The adjective cutthroat has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: ruthless in competition
  Synonyms: fierce, bowelless

Meaning #2: capable of or conducive to bloodshed
  Synonyms: homicidal, murderous

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - morder, ragekniv, ørredart
adj. - hensynsløs, tremands-

Nederlands (Dutch)
moordenaar, scheermes, moorddadig, genadeloos, driemans- (kaarten)

Français (French)
n. - assassin
adj. - acharné (une concurrence)

Deutsch (German)
n. - Mörder, Halsabschneider
adj. - mörderisch, halsabschneiderisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - δολοφόνος, μαχαιροβγάλτης, ξυράφι με λαβή, (για ανταγωνισμό κ.λπ.) εξοντωτικός

Italiano (Italian)
tagliagole, assassino

Português (Portuguese)
n. - assassino (m)
adj. - homicida, cruel

Русский (Russian)
головорез

Español (Spanish)
n. - asesino, navaja barbera
adj. - despiadado, cruel

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - mördare, bandit

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
凶手, 谋杀者, 残酷的, 杀人的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 兇手, 謀殺者
adj. - 殘酷的, 殺人的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 살인자
adj. - 살인의, 무자비한, 격렬한

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 人殺し, 西洋かみそり
adj. - 殺人の, 凶暴な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) قاتل مجرم, سفاح‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮רוצח, חסר-רחמים, אכזרי, תער, סוג של דג טרוטה‬
adj. - ‮חסר-רחמים, אכזרי, משחק קלפים בין שלושה אנשים‬

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