cut·throat
ˈkət-ˌthrōt 
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Examples of cutthroat in a Sentence
Noun
while traveling the ancient Silk Road, traders were constant prey to cutthroats and thieves
Adjective
cutthroat business practices intended to drive competitors out of business
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Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 23 May 2024
Stunning though the dancing may be — much of which the actresses did themselves — the film finds true horror in the obsessive discipline and cutthroat competition that exists under the surface of the ethereally beautiful world of ballet.
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—EW.com, 21 May 2024
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Noun
Jeremy Strong plays Roy Cohn, the cutthroat lawyer who’d served as Senator Joe McCarthy’s chief counsel during the Army-McCarthy hearings, and who’d earlier used questionable means to get Julius and Ethel Rosenberg convicted as Soviet spies, resulting in their 1953 execution.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 23 May 2024
Stunning though the dancing may be — much of which the actresses did themselves — the film finds true horror in the obsessive discipline and cutthroat competition that exists under the surface of the ethereally beautiful world of ballet.
04 of 13
Leap!
—EW.com, 21 May 2024
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“Cutthroat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cutthroat. Accessed 1 Jun. 2024.
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cutthroat
1 of 2 noun
cut·throat
ˈkət-ˌthrōt
1
: a person likely to cut someone's throat
2
: a cruel person with no scruples
cutthroat
2 of 2 adjective
: ruthless
cutthroat competition
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