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Recent Examples of murderous Along with praising the murderous German Führer on social media, Ye in February purchased a Super Bowl ad promoting his brand, Yeezy, which deferred customers to a site that only sold white T-shirts featuring swastikas. Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 11 July 2025 Similarly, Moses’ mother placed her baby in a basket by the Nile to shield him from a murderous edict. Rusty Wright, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 July 2025 So, the whole thing just seems naive from people who’ve been oppressed by this murderous regime for 46 years. Fiction Non Fiction july 3, Literary Hub, 3 July 2025 But if a surprise pregnancy isn’t the moment for a young man to find moral purpose, surely a surprise pregnancy inside a murderous game of death should be, right? Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 2 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for murderous
Recent Examples of Synonyms for murderous
Adjective
  • In many areas along and east of the Mississippi River, heat index values could soar to between 110 and 115 degrees — the kind of oppressive heat that can quickly turn dangerous without proper precautions.
    Brandi D. Addison, Austin American Statesman, 23 July 2025
  • Sweltering under a heat dome that brought oppressive triple-digit temperatures and humidity to large swaths of the Midwest and East Coast, average daily highs in Chicago topped 84.1 degrees in June, 3.7 degrees above normal.
    Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 22 July 2025
Adjective
  • Speaking with director Joe Johnston, Oka explained the two most difficult things to simulate digitally at the time were human skin and water.
    Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 15 July 2025
  • They are often considered the most beautiful irises but can be difficult to grow.
    Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 July 2025
Adjective
  • The ruling came following a three-day hearing in which experts on both sides testified as to how Black's heart device would react under lethal injection.
    Kelly Puente, Nashville Tennessean, 19 July 2025
  • Cyanide—painful, lethal, and surprisingly quotidian—was not the only darkroom risk.
    Anika Burgess July 17, Literary Hub, 17 July 2025
Adjective
  • The harsh reality is this: not all cell phone forensic extractions are created equal, and the most important evidence for trucking cases on the smartphone will be gone in days or weeks.
    Lars Daniel, Forbes.com, 22 July 2025
  • Late-night talk shows across the board are facing the harsh reality that declines in ad revenue can’t make up for burgeoning production costs.
    Liam Reilly, CNN Money, 22 July 2025
Adjective
  • Points available at the stage’s finish vary based on a coefficient of difficulty: the more challenging the stage, the fewer points available.
    Sophie Kaufman, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
  • Besides the challenging business climate in Chicago, President Donald Trump’s tariffs are contributing to rising food costs, and his immigration crackdown threatens to disrupt the food-service workforce.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 21 July 2025
Adjective
  • Wetlands need restoration to once again catch phosphorus that pours from extinct volcanoes and prevent the growth of deadly algae.
    Shaun McKinnon, AZCentral.com, 15 July 2025
  • Scene Breakdown: Embrace AI Convention - From a dance battle to a blood fest, this breakdown will show how each department worked together to create this epic and deadly sequence.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Adjective
  • After watching in terror as a man violently attacked a police officer in an El Cajon fast-food restaurant, Iesha Booker checked for a pulse on the bloody, unconscious officer and yelled into the radio on his belt.
    Karen Kucher, sandiegouniontribune.com, 19 July 2017
  • Photos of the man in a hospital bed with a bloody mouth were also posted.
    Jonece Starr Dunigan, AL.com, 14 July 2017
Adjective
  • In a searing rebuttal days before the British socialite was convicted for procuring victims for Epstein’s abuse in December 2021, Comey spoke to the perverted duo’s reasons for targeting teens from disadvantaged backgrounds.
    Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 17 July 2025
  • In a searing ruling against the Trump administration, a federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked federal agents from using racial profiling to carry out indiscriminate immigration arrests that advocates say have terrorized Angelenos, forced people into hiding and damaged the local economy.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2025

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“Murderous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/murderous. Accessed 31 Jul. 2025.

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