in cold blood

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

In a ruthless and unfeeling manner, particularly as applied to first-degree murder committed without provocation and with malice aforethought.

Equivalents

Española sangre fría

Françaisde sang froid

Deutschkaltblütig

17 more languages

العربيةبِدَم بَارِد

Češtinachladnokrevně

Ελληνικάεν ψυχρώ

Esperantomalvarmsange

Suomijulmasti kylmäverisesti

Bahasa Indonesiaberdarah dingin

Íslenskameð köldu blóði

Italianoa sangue freddo

日本語冷酷に

한국어냉혈의 랭혈의

Македонскиладнокрвно

Nederlandsin koelen bloede koudbloedig

Polskiz zimną krwią

Portuguêsa sangue frio

Русскийхладнокровно

Svenskakallblodigt med berått mod

Türkçeacımasızca

Examples

“It was not a suicide! He was murdered in cold blood.”

“Police have ⟳ arrested a suspect ⟳ in the murder-robbery of a gold shop ⟳ in Lop Buri two weeks ago, in which a young child and two adults were killed in cold blood.”

CEFR level

C1

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See also

in collar in color in colour in command in common in comparison

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