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Meanings of murderously in English

Spanish
de forma asesina

In a murderous frenzy.

de forma asesina
Synonyms
Examples for "amok"
Examples for "amok"
1
The dangers of Los Angeles, of democracy run amok, were locked out.
Dark rivers of the heart
2
And now they were running amok, messing with powers better left untested.
Terminal
3
Ascertain whether his madness is feigned, or whether his tapirs run amok.
Number9Dream
4
Kane Williamson and Martin Guptill soon found the boundaries without running amok.
The Guardian
5
Costa Rica have completely taken over in midfield and are running amok.
The Guardian
1
Rush of blood to the head, followed by a general running amuck.
Something New
2
The calmer voice denounced him for a fool running amuck with passion.
The Tyranny of Weakness
3
These creatures rarely run amuck until the harpoon is thrust into them.
Windjammers and Sea Tramps
4
Signor Zangiacomo ran amuck in the morning, and went for our worthy friend.
Victory: An Island Tale
5
Blue funk seized the petty officers while some of the crew ran amuck.
The Sky Trap
Usage of murderously in English
1
Nostalgia can be a murderously dangerous beast, especially when visited on celluloid.
The Irish Times
2
The skyrail went murderously slack, whiplashed down across two miles of city.
Iron Council
3
How could she look so ethereal while her eyes drooped so murderously?
The Collection of Antiquities
4
They had not yet come full; they were not murderously sucking his colour.
Iron Council
5
The thing that had played so murderously with the armored men.
The Metal Monster
6
I saw the furious faces bending over me, the many hands murderously uplifted.
Romance
7
He trampled them, knocked them over, and butted them murderously into stone columns.
Winter’s Tale
8
He is rejected silently and contemptuously, then aggressively and bitterly, viciously and murderously.
Quiet Talks on John's Gospel
9
His expression would blacken and he would glare at me murderously.
86'd: a novel
10
She stood, hands on her hips, glaring murderously at the car.
Running scared
11
Teeth chattering, they spit wood chips and glared at us murderously.
The iron king
12
It wasn't like a murderously complicated property boundary dispute, for instance.
Si'Wren of the Patriarchs
13
The rhinoceros was getting more than confused; he was getting angry, murderously angry.
The Valley of Horses
14
There was no mistaking the look; Slim was violently, murderously insane!
The Man from the Bitter Roots
15
Oh yes, a cigar. His voice was murderously low and soft.
The Debtor: A Novel
16
Is Ben Heppner up to the murderously difficult male lead?
The new yorker
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Murderously through the time
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