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murderees

noun

plural of murderee
as in fatalities

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  1. fatalities
  2. victims
  3. casualties
  4. losses
  5. prey
  6. sacrifices
Noun
  • The proper accounting of military fatalities has implications beyond public transparency.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The classification covers incidents involving aircraft destruction, fatalities, or qualifying damage exceeding $2 million.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of fatalities
Noun
  • The victims and the first responders were honored before the game.
    — Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • In practice, though, victims of instant-payment fraud often recover little.
    — Pawan Jain, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of victims
Noun
  • The film’s title, NAZA, comes from an acronym the Israeli military uses as a shorthand for civilian casualties.
    — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 13 Sep. 2026
  • There were no immediate reports of casualties on any of the trains.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2026
Definition of casualties
Noun
  • Historically, the party holding the White House has suffered major losses in midterms.
    — Steve Peoples, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Roughly half of losses from natural hazards worldwide are uninsured.
    — Marcene Mitchell, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of losses
Noun
  • Nature has blessed certain types of carnivorous plants with pretty colors, pleasant fragrances, and sticky, sugary emissions, all the better to attract and trap its prey.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2026
  • Yes, the specific angle of the setting sun against the mountain's unique topography creates a shadow that resembles a cougar chasing its prey.
    — Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of prey
Noun
  • Labor leaders say those sacrifices, coupled with deep staffing cuts in the 2010s, left agencies in social services, healthcare, public safety and other key fields unable to retain many workers.
    — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026
  • After over four and a half years, Russia has been unable to convert its immense military sacrifices in Ukraine into meaningful military gains.
    — MICHAEL KIMMAGE, Foreign Affairs, 14 Sep. 2026
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