murderesses

plural of murderess

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Noun
  • He’s joined by another (somewhat literal) murderers’ row of actors including Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Kerry Washington, Cailee Spaeny, Andrew Scott, and Thomas Haden Church.
    Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2025
  • If drug traffickers are a legitimate target, well then why aren't rapists, murderers and child abusers?
    Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The plane is filled with assassins assigned to kill them both.
    Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The two Kill Bill films, while still about crime and criminals and ninja assassins, set themselves apart from his earlier works.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • At the outset of this meditative novel, a pair of out-of-work twins who are haunted by their parents’ histories as thieves and killers decide to go on a hunt for a puma that is terrorizing farmers and livestock in the highlands of Tasmania.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
  • One of the killers of curiosity is assumptions.
    Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
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