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In a ruthless and unfeeling manner, particularly as applied to first-degree murder committed without provocation and with malice aforethought.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- It was not a suicide! He was murdered in cold blood.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
in a cold unemotional manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he killed her in cold blood
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: coldly
Antonyms: none provided
From a specialized meaning of cold, referring to lack of empathy.
Across languages
Translations
39 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
بِدَم بَارِد
(bi-dam bārid)
— in a ruthless and unfeeling manner
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Asturian:
a sangre frío
— in a ruthless and unfeeling manner
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Belarusian:
халаднакро́ўна
(xaladnakrówna)
— in a ruthless and unfeeling manner
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Bulgarian:
хладнокръ́вно
(hladnokrǎ́vno)
— in a ruthless and unfeeling manner
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Catalan:
a sang freda
— in a ruthless and unfeeling manner
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Chinese Mandarin:
冷血地
(lěngxuè de)
— in a ruthless and unfeeling manner
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Czech:
chladnokrevně
— in a ruthless and unfeeling manner
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Danish:
med koldt blod
— in a ruthless and unfeeling manner
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Dutch:
in koelen bloede
— in a ruthless and unfeeling manner
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Dutch:
koudbloedig
— in a ruthless and unfeeling manner
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Esperanto:
malvarmsange
— in a ruthless and unfeeling manner
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Finnish:
kylmäverisesti
— in a ruthless and unfeeling manner
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Finnish:
julmasti
— in a ruthless and unfeeling manner
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French:
de sang froid
— in a ruthless and unfeeling manner
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Galician:
a sangue frío
— in a ruthless and unfeeling manner
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German:
kaltblütig
— in a ruthless and unfeeling manner
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Greek:
εν ψυχρώ
(en psychró)
— in a ruthless and unfeeling manner
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Hungarian:
hidegvérrel
— in a ruthless and unfeeling manner
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Icelandic:
með köldu blóði
— in a ruthless and unfeeling manner
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Indonesian:
berdarah dingin
— in a ruthless and unfeeling manner
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Italian:
a sangue freddo
— in a ruthless and unfeeling manner
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Japanese:
冷酷に
(reikoku ni)
— in a ruthless and unfeeling manner
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Korean:
냉혈의
(naenghyeor-ui)
— in a ruthless and unfeeling manner
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Korean:
랭혈의
(raenghyeor-ui)
— in a ruthless and unfeeling manner
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Luxembourgish:
kalbliddeg
— in a ruthless and unfeeling manner
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Macedonian:
ладнокрвно
(ladnokrvno)
— in a ruthless and unfeeling manner
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Norwegian Bokmål:
med kaldt blod
— in a ruthless and unfeeling manner
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Polish:
z zimną krwią
— in a ruthless and unfeeling manner
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Portuguese:
a sangue frio
— in a ruthless and unfeeling manner
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Romanian:
cu sânge rece
— in a ruthless and unfeeling manner
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Russian:
хладнокро́вно
(xladnokróvno)
— in a ruthless and unfeeling manner
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Serbo-Croatian:
хла̏днокр̄вно
— in a ruthless and unfeeling manner
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Serbo-Croatian:
hlȁdnokr̄vno
— in a ruthless and unfeeling manner
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Slovak:
chladnokrvne
— in a ruthless and unfeeling manner
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Slovene:
hladnokrvno
— in a ruthless and unfeeling manner
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Spanish:
a sangre fría
— in a ruthless and unfeeling manner
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Swedish:
kallblodigt
— in a ruthless and unfeeling manner
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Swedish:
med berått mod
— in a ruthless and unfeeling manner
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Ukrainian:
холоднокро́вно
(xolodnokróvno)
— in a ruthless and unfeeling manner
