murdering 1 of 2

adjective

as in murderous
eager for or marked by the shedding of blood, extreme violence, or killing a vow to bring down the murdering fiend who had destroyed his family

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murdering

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verb

present participle of murder
1
as in assassinating
to put to death deliberately those people made me so mad I felt like I wanted to murder them

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2
as in fumbling
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 murdering
Verb
Their son pleaded guilty in October 2022 to murdering four students and injuring several others in the November 2021 shooting at Oxford High School and was sentenced to life in prison without parole. — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 30 July 2026 On that Sabbath morning, a gunman shot his way into the synagogue, shouting antisemitic invective and murdering 11 worshipers from the three congregations sharing the building — Dor Hadash, New Light and Tree of Life. — Peter Smith, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026 Kohberger pleaded guilty in July 2025 to murdering Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves in Moscow, Idaho, in November 2022. — Michael Ruiz , Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026 Bills’ ex-boyfriend, 23-year-old Chace Cook, was promptly arrested and has since been convicted of murdering her, according to online court records reviewed by PEOPLE. — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026 The former husband of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mother accused of murdering her three young children, took the stand Monday as the prosecution’s first witness in her triple-murder trial. — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 27 July 2026 Carrollton police located him, arrested him and charged him with murdering Pitulic, according to a news release. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 July 2026 He was convicted of murdering six people and supervising a drug operation, receiving a sentence of life in prison. — Shelby Stivale, Entertainment Weekly, 23 July 2026 In 2023, the South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh was convicted of murdering his wife, Maggie, and 22-year-old son Paul. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 23 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for murdering
  1. murderous
  2. assassinating
  3. fumbling
  4. slaying
  5. blowing
  6. killing
  7. ruining
  8. executing
Adjective
  • Remember when there was a wave of filmmakers all trying to make murderous Steamboat Willie horror movies because the character had entered the public domain?
    — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 29 July 2026
  • And no, hating Zionism and this murderous thief is not hating Jews.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 26 July 2026
Definition of murderous
Verb
  • Utah prosecutors are turning up the heat on Tyler Robinson, the man accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk, arguing that the evidence against him easily meets the standard required to send the case to trial.
    — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026
  • Ferrell instead starred as the villainous mogul Jacobim Mugatu, who attempts to brainwash Derek into assassinating the prime minister of Malaysia.
    — Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 27 July 2026
Definition of assassinating
Verb
  • Witnesses’ fumbling looks bad by comparison, and Ossoff sounds righteously angry without being rageful.
    — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026
  • On Sunday, the Guardians essentially created a compilation video for Little League coaches to show their kids, a crash course in fumbling the fundamentals.
    — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 21 July 2026
Definition of fumbling
Verb
  • Foster, 58, was ordered held without bail on Thursday for slaying 39-year-old Julia Anderson during a property dispute, cops said.
    — Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 18 July 2026
  • An Oregon man was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison for a November 1981 Griffith cold case slaying.
    — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2026
Definition of slaying
Verb
  • This typically occurs when a vent is blowing cold air onto your thermostat, resulting in a temperature reading that is too low.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 31 July 2026
  • The Vikings defense’s blowing a coverage happened so rarely that seeing it during last summer’s joint practices with the New England Patriots felt like spotting an eclipse.
    — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 31 July 2026
Definition of blowing
Verb
  • In March, Nebraska’s Morrill Fire tore through 642,000 acres to become the largest in state history, killing one person and razing vast stretches of cattle country.
    — Martin Goillandeau, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
  • In 2016, wildlife officials closed 183 miles (295 kilometers) of the Yellowstone River to fishing, rafting and other activities to prevent a parasite suspected of killing tens of thousands of fish from spreading further in the low and warm water.
    — Matthew Brown, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of killing
Verb
  • Shop additional Ilia beauty products below, and don’t fret about the heat ruining your glam.
    — Jennifer Chan, PEOPLE, 25 July 2026
  • Floyd is no longer attracted to his wife, has trouble connecting with his teen-age stepson, and owes tens of thousands in taxes—a set of stressors that are ruining his health.
    — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 22 July 2026
Definition of ruining
Verb
  • Evaluation frameworks, orchestration, agent definitions and business rules should evolve independently from the intelligence executing them.
    — Sanjay Srivastava, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • But the nationwide total last year nearly doubled compared to the year prior, with 11 states executing 47 inmates – 19 of whom were in Florida, DPIC data shows.
    — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 26 July 2026
Definition of executing

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