cut-throat

noun

1. a person who cuts throats; murderer
2. Also calledcut-throat razor a razor with a long blade that usually folds into the handle US namestraight razor

adjective

1. bloodthirsty or murderous; cruel
2. fierce or relentless in competition

   cut-throat prices

3. (of some games) played by three people

   cut-throat poker

Example Sentences

She said the Covid pandemic, which hit during her final year at university, changed the auditioning process, making it "cut-throat" due to the sheer volume of people submitting tapes.

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Under China's notoriously cut-throat education system, academic excellence is lauded.

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Rhodes said his advice to surround himself with people who had his best interests at heart was "the main thing for staying in the pop industry, because it's really cut-throat".

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Some would be daunted by ditching their successful career in athletics to pursue a notoriously cut-throat and gruelling new discipline, going from short-distance sprinter to wide receiver.

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Mahomed says another reason why single people might be more cut-throat could be due to the lingering effects of the pandemic.

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