mass murderer

noun

: a person who has killed many people

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Online videos appearing to show Idaho mass murderer Bryan Kohberger going about his daily routine in solitary confinement have sparked an investigation. Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 15 Aug. 2025 Kohberger, while not fitting the textbook definition of a serial killer, is still a mass murderer who studied serial killers extensively as part of his graduate degree in criminology. Michael Ruiz , Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2025 What else could be expected from a regime that erects statues and monuments to its Official National Hero, the Hitler ally and antisemitic mass murderer Stepan Bandera? Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 8 May 2025 Manson’s death was met with strong reactions from the family members of his victims, who were contacted by prison officials informing them of the mass murderer’s passing. Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 7 Mar. 2025 While out to dinner, the pair are mistaken for a couple by the Heart Eyes Killer, a mass murderer who targets those in love. Nick Romano, EW.com, 6 Feb. 2025 My last phone call with Barbara Rippy took us to a familiar place: her decades-old anger over the plight of the seven children left motherless by Charlotte mass murderer Henry Louis Wallace. Michael Gordon, Charlotte Observer, 17 Jan. 2025 Hern received his first death threat two weeks after his clinic opened, in 1973, and has spent fifty years under constant harassment from people who view him as a mass murderer. Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2024 Carrie becomes a mass murderer, and Nancy turns her coven against one of her less assertive friends. Rafaela Bassili, The Atlantic, 18 Sep. 2024

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“Mass murderer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mass%20murderer. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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