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take–no–prisoners
adjective
: very tough and aggressive
Full Definition of TAKE-NO-PRISONERS
: having a fierce, relentless, or merciless character <take–no–prisoners politics>
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First Known Use of TAKE-NO-PRISONERS
1978
Related to TAKE-NO-PRISONERS
- Synonyms
- affectless, callous, case-hardened, cold-blooded, compassionless, desensitized, hard-boiled, hard-hearted, heartless, indurate, inhuman, inhumane, insensate, insensitive, ironhearted, merciless, obdurate, pachydermatous, pitiless, remorseless, ruthless, slash-and-burn, soulless, stony (also stoney), stonyhearted, take-no-prisoners, thick-skinned, uncharitable, unfeeling, unmerciful, unsparing, unsympathetic
- Antonyms
- charitable, compassionate, humane, kindhearted, kindly, merciful, sensitive, softhearted, sympathetic, tender, tenderhearted, warm, warmhearted
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