murderesses

noun

plural of murderess
as in murderers

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  1. murderers
  2. assassins
  3. killers
Noun
  • Widow’s Bay Sorry, but that murderers’ row of unpretentious acting talent isn’t going to be topped.
    — Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026
  • All those players are expected to be back in attempt to win an AL West that was hardly a murderers’ row in 2026.
    — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of murderers
Noun
  • Based on Nick Harkaway’s novel The Price You Pay, the show follows Jackie Price, a former drug queenpin hunted by seven elite assassins.
    — Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2026
  • The final sequence bookends the first with River, Sid, and Coe once again being stalked by the assassins but this time getting the worst of it.
    — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of assassins
Noun
  • Prosecutors described a subculture within that online network that glorifies mass killers and encourages imitation.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Since the nineteen-nineties, a Korean New Wave had been praised for embedding capitalist critique in movies packed with monsters, slithering octopuses, killers, and killer cops.
    — E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
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