cutthroat

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
    

Cutthroat \Cut"throat`\, a.
   1. Murderous; cruel; barbarous.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Ruthless; conducted without restraint; as, cutthroat
      competition.
      [PJC]
    

Cutthroat \Cut"throat`\ (k[u^]t"thr[=o]t`), n.
   One who cuts throats; a murderer; an assassin.
   [1913 Webster]
    

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