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Adjective cutthroat has 2 senses

cutthroat, fierce, bowelless - ruthless in competition; "cutthroat competition"; "bowelless readiness to take advantage"
Antonym: merciful (indirect, via merciless)
cutthroat, homicidal, murderous - capable of or conducive to bloodshed; "a cutthroat rogue"; "a homicidal rage"; "murderous thugs"
Antonym: bloodless (indirect, via bloody)

Noun cutthroat has 1 sense

cutthroat - someone who murders by cutting the victim's throat
--₁ is a kind of murderer, liquidator, manslayer