as in assassin
a person who kills another person
the murderer was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole
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Recent Examples of murderer
The rest of the cast is a winky murderer’s row of genre veterans, who all bring earnest cheek to their assignments.
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Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Apr. 2026
Forget the glossy card-stock mailers with distorted images, designed to make your opponent look like an ax murderer.
—Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2026
The murderer, on a road trip from Iowa, had been stranded in Wayne County after hitting an elk and totaling his truck.
—Stephen Trimble, Denver Post, 8 Apr. 2026
But what starts as a hunt for a murderer escalates into an undercover operation to foil a Far-Right bomb plot in the heart of London.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 8 Apr. 2026
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Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Apr. 2026
Forget the glossy card-stock mailers with distorted images, designed to make your opponent look like an ax murderer.
—Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2026
The murderer, on a road trip from Iowa, had been stranded in Wayne County after hitting an elk and totaling his truck.
—Stephen Trimble, Denver Post, 8 Apr. 2026
But what starts as a hunt for a murderer escalates into an undercover operation to foil a Far-Right bomb plot in the heart of London.
—Denise Petski, Deadline, 8 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for murderer
Recent Examples of Synonyms for murderer
Noun
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Their efforts lead them in the season’s last two episodes to Paris, where Frank was planning to celebrate his 80th birthday with his children — only for him to be gunned down in a hotel lobby by an assassin who had been sent to kill Teddy for a deal gone wrong.—
Max Gao,
Variety,
11 Apr. 2026
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Neither of these two is necessarily a lip-sync assassin.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
11 Apr. 2026
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Admitted Gilgo Beach, New York, serial killer Rex Heuermann confessed to the murders of eight women last week, bringing resolution to a 17-year killing spree that terrorized Long Island.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Cavill’s immortal character is revealed to have been born in 1518 and is forced to fight fellow undying killers at The Gathering, where only one survivor can be left alive.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Murderer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/murderer. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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