1 (of people and their actions) showing no feelings or pity for other people:
a cold-blooded killer * cold-blooded murder
2 (biology) (of animals, for example fish or snakes) having a body temperature that depends on the temperature of the surrounding air or water
compareWARM-BLOODED
cold-bloodedly adverb
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