Dangerous
Dangerous adjective - Involving potential loss or injury.
Usage example: the soldiers were specially selected to go on a dangerous mission behind enemy lines
Killer and dangerous are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Killer" instead an adjective "Dangerous".
Nearby Words: danger, dangerously
Both words in one sentence
- Gunman with Three Names is a subtrope characters referred to by three names, likely a killer or dangerous sort, based on the examples of John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald, James Earl Ray, and Mark David Chapman, famous assassins.
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Either way, expect this person to be much more dangerous than your average killer.
Source: Killer Cop - Madison Paige in Heavy Rain routinely walks into highly dangerous situations alone while investigating the Orgami killer.
Source: Going for the Big Scoop
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