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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cutthroat \Cut"throat'\ (k[u^]t"thr[=o]t'), noun One who cuts throats; a murderer; an assassin.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cutthroat \Cut"throat'\, adjective
1. Murderous; cruel; barbarous.
2. Ruthless; conducted without restraint; as, cutthroat competition. [PJC]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
cutthroat
adjective
1: ruthless in competition; "cutthroat competition"; "bowelless readiness to take advantage" [syn: {fierce}, {bowelless}]
2: capable of or conducive to bloodshed; "a cutthroat rogue"; "a homicidal rage"; "murderous thugs" [syn: {homicidal}, {murderous}]
noun: someone who murders by cutting the victim's throat
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
118 Moby Thesaurus words for "cutthroat": Cain, apache, assassin, assassinator, barbaric, barbarous, bloodletter, bloodshedder, bloodthirsty, bloody, bloody-minded, bravo, brutal, brutish, bucko, bully, bullyboy, burker, butcher, button man, cannibal, cold-blooded, competing, competitive, cruel, deadly, desperado, devil, emulous, eradicator, exacting, excessive, executioner, exorbitant, exterminator, extortionate, extravagant, fancy, feral, ferocious, fierce, garroter, gorilla, gory, gouging, grossly overpriced, gun, gunman, gunsel, gunslinger, hatchet man, head-hunter, hell-raiser, hellcat, hit man, homicidal, homicidal maniac, homicide, immoderate, in competition, in rivalry, inflationary, inhuman, inordinate, killer, lethal, mad dog, man-eater, man-killer, manslayer, massacrer, matador, merciless, murderer, murderous, out of bounds, out of sight, outrageous, overpriced, pesticide, pirate, pitiless, poison, poisoner, preposterous, prohibitive, red-handed, relentless, rival, rivaling, rough, rowdy, ruffian, ruthless, sanguinary, savage, self-destructive, skyrocketing, slaughterer, slaughterous, slayer, spiraling, strangler, suicidal, thug, torpedo, trigger man, truculent, unconscionable, undue, unmerciful, unprincipled, unreasonable, unwarranted, usurious, vicious, violent, vying
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