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# murderous

adjective

«murderous» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Murderous means wanting to kill, or meant to kill: a murderous look. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/murderous/#m1)
2. Murderous can mean very dangerous or cruel, as in «murderous attacks». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/murderous/#m2)

### In the lessons

describes a villain's wicked plans or a dangerous attack in a tale; the word tells us the danger is deadly

### Examples

- He seized the old man because of his murderous plans. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/murderous/#x1)
- The dogs protected us from the murderous attacks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/murderous/#x2)
- A murderous robber hid in the forest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/murderous/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «murderous» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/murderous/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«murderous» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/murderous.html) on Mova free.