murderous

Example Sentences

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In “Kill Boksoon,” an assassin must choose between the murderous career she loves and the daughter she’s been hiding it from.

From New York Times

Its fight against the Russian invasion, now in its second year, reminds him of the “Star Wars” saga, he says — of plucky rebels battling and ultimately defeating a vast, murderous empire.

From Seattle Times

But far from destroying the ideology of Osama Bin Laden and the jihadist extremists, the years of chaos and brutality set off in 2003 turbo-charged murderous jihadist violence.

From BBC

In contrast, many politicians and officials in Washington have gone along with murderous policies when the likely cost dissenting would only have been re-election, prestige, money or power.

From Salon

They disbanded the Iraqi army — even though most rank-and-file soldiers had no great love for their murderous dictator — and summarily fired hundreds of thousands of low-level members of Hussein’s Baath Party, including many schoolteachers.

From Washington Post