Murdering
Murdering adjective - Eager for or marked by the shedding of blood, extreme violence, or killing.
Usage example: a vow to bring down the murdering fiend who had destroyed his family
Sadistic and murdering are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sadistic" instead an adjective "Murdering".
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- Snow murdering Cora is depicted as being evil not just for the sadistic way that it was done, but because it's made clear that she could have been redeemed instead.
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In Homestuck, thirteen year old Vriska Serket is an murdering egomaniac- the most violent, sadistic, and remorseless of all the trolls and is considered evil even by the standards of her barbaric planet.
Source: Dark Action Girl -
He derails into a sadistic monster, torturing, raping and eventually murdering them.
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