double murder
noun
: the act of killing two people at the same time
He was convicted of a double murder.
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Meanwhile, two days before the double murder, a 21-year-old man was shot and wounded around 3:30 a.m. on the same desolate block, which is about a mile and a half from where Sanchez was killed, cops said.
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Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 2 Aug. 2025
He is accused of the double murder of his partner Anastasia Trofimova and their infant daughter Andromeda, whose bodies were discovered in Rome’s Villa Pamphili park.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 3 July 2025
The double murder sent shockwaves through their small South Carolina town of Hampton, where the powerful Murdaugh family had been practicing law since 1910.
—Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 7 June 2025
Expand All The lead prosecutor in YNW Melly’s double murder case plans on admitting the rapper’s music videos and lyrics as evidence — and using them against him.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 12 May 2025
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Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 2 Aug. 2025
He is accused of the double murder of his partner Anastasia Trofimova and their infant daughter Andromeda, whose bodies were discovered in Rome’s Villa Pamphili park.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 3 July 2025
The double murder sent shockwaves through their small South Carolina town of Hampton, where the powerful Murdaugh family had been practicing law since 1910.
—Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 7 June 2025
Expand All The lead prosecutor in YNW Melly’s double murder case plans on admitting the rapper’s music videos and lyrics as evidence — and using them against him.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 12 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for double murder
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“Double murder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/double%20murder. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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