Cutthroat \Cut"throat`\ (k[u^]t"thr[=o]t`), n.
   One who cuts throats; a murderer; an assassin.
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	Cutthroat \Cut"throat`\, a.
   1. Murderous; cruel; barbarous.
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   2. Ruthless; conducted without restraint; as, cutthroat
      competition.
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	cutthroat
    adj 1: ruthless in competition; "cutthroat competition";
           "bowelless readiness to take advantage" [syn:
           cutthroat, fierce, bowelless]
    n 1: someone who murders by cutting the victim's throat

	

	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