Our company failed to survive against cutthroat competition.
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Cutthroat
//ˈkʌtθɹoʊt//
Synonyms for "cutthroat" (130 found)
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Strong matches (39)
Related words (65)
homicidal maniachomicideimmoderatein competitionin rivalryinflationaryinhumaninordinatekillerlethalmad dogman eaterman-eaterman-killermanslayermassacrermatadormercilessmurderermurderous
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35 translations across 18 languages.
Azerbaijani
1 entries- başkəsən noun (murderer)
Belarusian
1 entries- галаварэ́з noun (murderer)
Bulgarian
2 entries- главоре́з noun (murderer)
- главоре́з noun (unscrupulous, ruthless or unethical person)
Czech
1 entries- hrdlořez noun (murderer)
French
1 entries- coupe-jarret noun (murderer)
Georgian
1 entries- ყასაბი noun (murderer)
German
4 entries- halsabschneiderisch adj (very competitive, dog-eat-dog)
- hemmungslos adj (very competitive, dog-eat-dog)
- mörderisch adj (very competitive, dog-eat-dog)
- rücksichtslos adj (very competitive, dog-eat-dog)
Hungarian
3 entries- gyilkos adj (very competitive, dog-eat-dog)
- késhegyre menő adj (very competitive, dog-eat-dog)
- öldöklő adj (very competitive, dog-eat-dog)
Italian
1 entries- tagliagole noun (murderer)
Kazakh
1 entries- баскесер noun (murderer)
Latvian
1 entries- rīkļurāvējs noun (murderer)
Polish
4 entries- bandyta noun (unscrupulous, ruthless or unethical person)
- nożownik noun (murderer)
- rzezimieszek noun (murderer)
- rzezimieszek noun (unscrupulous, ruthless or unethical person)
Portuguese
1 entries- degolador noun (murderer)
Russian
2 entries- головоре́з noun (murderer)
- головоре́з noun (unscrupulous, ruthless or unethical person)
Slovak
1 entries- hrdlorez noun (murderer)
Spanish
3 entries- canallesco adj (very competitive, dog-eat-dog)
- canalla noun (unscrupulous, ruthless or unethical person)
- degollador noun (murderer)
Swedish
2 entries- mördande adj (very competitive, dog-eat-dog)
- mördare noun (murderer)
Ukrainian
2 entries- головорі́з noun (murderer)
- горлорі́з noun (murderer)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Competition in the domestic market is cutthroat.
Source: tatoeba (241437)
He is the most cutthroat person I know.
Source: tatoeba (5300557)
The academic environment at UC Berkeley is too cutthroat for me.
Source: tatoeba (10056822)
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