double murder
noun
: the act of killing two people at the same time
He was convicted of a double murder.
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Brown pleaded guilty to the double murder following a hearing at Luton Crown Court on April 15, per the police release.
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Kirsty Hatcher, People.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Read All About It Brad Sigmon, the South Carolina man convicted in a 2002 double murder, is set to die by firing squad this evening.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 7 Mar. 2025
Accomplice in suburban double murder seen in police footage after killings.
—Fox News Staff, Fox News, 15 Nov. 2024
Jones, now 60, was sentenced to death in 1996 for the brutal double murder of an elderly couple during a robbery in their Mead Valley home.
—Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2025
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Kirsty Hatcher, People.com, 17 Apr. 2025
Read All About It Brad Sigmon, the South Carolina man convicted in a 2002 double murder, is set to die by firing squad this evening.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 7 Mar. 2025
Accomplice in suburban double murder seen in police footage after killings.
—Fox News Staff, Fox News, 15 Nov. 2024
Jones, now 60, was sentenced to death in 1996 for the brutal double murder of an elderly couple during a robbery in their Mead Valley home.
—Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2025
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“Double murder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/double%20murder. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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