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

They're not about amassing medals, so much as engendering goodwill; less cut-throat competition, more track and fealty.

From The Daily Beast

Fashion is vicious and cut throat—and if you really love it (and want to succeed) it can be downright maddening.

From The Daily Beast

She holds a PhD in English and worked her way through the cut-throat art world.

From The Daily Beast

"Tell the Rajah and his Chinese cut-throat that we'll have the pleasure of hanging them," was Carver's reply.

From Project Gutenberg

He, from his condemned cell, demanded justice for wronged innocence in the accents of a detected cut-throat.

From Project Gutenberg

This doubtless tended to eliminate cut-throat competition and thus stabilize the industry.

From Project Gutenberg

For labor the combination of cut-throat competition among employers with the new machine technique brought serious consequences.

From Project Gutenberg

To take up your abode in a little cut-throat hole like this and not to take the commonest precaution!

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