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as in assassinated
to put to death deliberately
those people made me so mad I felt like I wanted to murder them
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as in fumbled
to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way
we listened in horror as she murdered our favorite song on stage
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Recent Examples of murdered
Thirty years after she was murdered, Aimee Willard is still honoring her legacy with a garden of sunflowers in Delaware County.
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Joe Holden,
CBS News,
23 June 2026
Later on, Jaehaerys II is murdered in the episode’s climax.
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Skyler Trepel,
PEOPLE,
22 June 2026
Austin Metcalf’s father remembers his son’s childhood Fox News Digital previously reported that records indicate the Anthony family was tied to several businesses in Louisiana and Texas, and even opened a business weeks after their son murdered Metcalf.
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Kelsie Cairns,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2026
The new Netflix documentary, released last week, tells the gruesome tale of Taylor Parker, who in 2020 faked a pregnancy, then murdered Reagan Simmons-Hancock to steal her unborn baby.
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Savannah Walsh,
Vanity Fair,
18 June 2026
Max was murdered in Auschwitz, while Moritz fled to New York and Julius wandered Europe and Canada before landing in Pennsylvania.
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Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
18 June 2026
The Chicagoland Nurse Honor Guard was founded in 2019 by Connie Girgentri in memory of Frank Aguilar, a 32-year-old nurse murdered in 2019 in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood in a case of mistaken identity.
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Melinda Moore,
Chicago Tribune,
18 June 2026
Conlon also launched Recovered Voices, an initiative to revive operas by composers who had been murdered or driven into exile during the Nazi era.
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Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
But when one of them is murdered, private investigator Aubrey Merritt and her assistant Olivia Blunt must unravel decades of secrets and fractured loyalties to uncover the killer.
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Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
13 June 2026
Joe Holden,
CBS News,
23 June 2026
Later on, Jaehaerys II is murdered in the episode’s climax.
—
Skyler Trepel,
PEOPLE,
22 June 2026
Austin Metcalf’s father remembers his son’s childhood Fox News Digital previously reported that records indicate the Anthony family was tied to several businesses in Louisiana and Texas, and even opened a business weeks after their son murdered Metcalf.
—
Kelsie Cairns,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2026
The new Netflix documentary, released last week, tells the gruesome tale of Taylor Parker, who in 2020 faked a pregnancy, then murdered Reagan Simmons-Hancock to steal her unborn baby.
—
Savannah Walsh,
Vanity Fair,
18 June 2026
Max was murdered in Auschwitz, while Moritz fled to New York and Julius wandered Europe and Canada before landing in Pennsylvania.
—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
18 June 2026
The Chicagoland Nurse Honor Guard was founded in 2019 by Connie Girgentri in memory of Frank Aguilar, a 32-year-old nurse murdered in 2019 in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood in a case of mistaken identity.
—
Melinda Moore,
Chicago Tribune,
18 June 2026
Conlon also launched Recovered Voices, an initiative to revive operas by composers who had been murdered or driven into exile during the Nazi era.
—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
15 June 2026
But when one of them is murdered, private investigator Aubrey Merritt and her assistant Olivia Blunt must unravel decades of secrets and fractured loyalties to uncover the killer.
—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
13 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for murdered
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His father, Manuel Cepeda, was a prominent figure in the Colombian Communist Party, and was assassinated in 1994 during a particularly bloody era in Colombia's internal conflict.
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Last year, on September 10th, Kirk was assassinated in the midst of a debate, in front of some three thousand people at Utah Valley University.
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Before that, Tampa Bay fumbled scoring opportunities in five of the first seven innings and stranded five overall.
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After South Korea’s goalkeeper fumbled a ball, Luis Romo scored the goal that gave the Mexicans six points and pushed them to the top of the standings.
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Invoices are processed through email and digital systems, and payments are executed across interconnected platforms.
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According to the Pasadena Police Department, a search warrant was executed on what appeared to be a marijuana dispensary at 6316 Whittier Boulevard in the City of Los Angeles, where fireworks allegedly intended for distribution were found.
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Messi somehow blew a penalty kick in the eighth minute, when teammate Lautaro Martinez was brought down by Austrian defender Stefan Posch.
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Several hours before the whistle blew on the pitch, Norwegian fans flocked to Times Square in the heart of New York City to give their squad a proper sendoff.
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Six people were on board the plane, including one person who was killed in the incident, police said.
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Days before the five-year anniversary of the 2021 building collapse that killed 98 people in Surfside, the federal government has published findings that determined the structure of the Champlain Towers South condominium started failing about three weeks before the catastrophe.
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The plague victims likely hunted, skinned and butchered marmots for their meat and fur, which would have exposed members of the community to the bacteria, Macleod said.
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The deer must be completely butchered and de-boned before it can be brought into the state.
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Its front-facing design deters pickpockets, while the water-resistant fabric protects your phone from surprise downpours or sweaty adventure days—because no one wants their phone ruined halfway through a trip.
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In practice, organic liquids like crude oil ruined everything.
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The blaze, dubbed the Calhoun Fire, broke out near Calhoun Street and Kellogg Avenue, Cal Fire said in an incident report.
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The two were on the North Kaibab Trail, dubbed the least visited and most difficult of the Grand Canyon’s major inner canyon trails.
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“Murdered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/murdered. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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