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as in nightmares
a situation or state that causes great suffering and unhappiness
this weather is murder on my sinuses
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as in homicides
the intentional and unlawful taking of another person's life
arrested for attempting to commit murder
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as in assassinates
to put to death deliberately
those people made me so mad I felt like I wanted to murder them
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as in fumbles
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 murders
Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 29 May 2026
He had been tried in absentia and convicted in dozens of murders, including helping to mastermind a pair of 1992 bombings that killed top anti-Mafia prosecutors Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino.
—ABC News, 28 May 2026
He was convicted of involvement in the 1992 high-profile murders of anti-Mafia judges Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino and for deadly bombings in Rome, Florence and Milan in 1993.
—CBS News, 28 May 2026
His investigation takes him to New Orleans, where he becomes embroiled in a series of brutal murders.
—Justin Kroll, Deadline, 28 May 2026
In a big win for Alex Murdaugh, South Carolina’s Supreme Court overturned his convictions for the murders of his wife and son, and granted him a retrial.
—Forbestv, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
Alex was sentenced to life in prison for the murders of his wife and son.
—Dateline Nbc, NBC news, 20 May 2026
However, she was arrested in November 2022 and was convicted of Dominic and Davion's murders the following March.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 19 May 2026
Right-wing terrorists account for over half of those murders, some 54%, Islamists account for 21%, and left-wing terrorists for 22%.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 19 May 2026
Jordan Moreau, Variety, 29 Apr. 2026
Geillis, on her quest to install Bonnie Prince Charlie on the throne, murders her husband as a blood sacrifice and walks through the stones.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2026
In 1971, a jury in Los Angeles recommended the death penalty for Charles Manson and three female followers for the 1969 Tate-La Bianca murders.
—ABC News, 9 Mar. 2026
Her unscrupulous, power-hungry uncle Claudius (Kôji Yakusho) murders his own brother to become king.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
That’s partly because its senseless violence, inspired by the Manson murders among other grisly homicides, feels all too plausible.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 4 Feb. 2026
Perez, a 63-year-old transient man, was convicted of the child murders from 1992 through 2001 throughout Central and Northern California, the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office announced in a news release.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 7 Jan. 2026
Gun murders rare Until Sunday, Australia had decades of proof that tough gun laws can make a country safer with one of the world’s lowest gun homicide rates, per capita.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 15 Dec. 2025
At least one of the families of the four victims in the Moscow college student murders plans to sue the nearby university where the man who admitted to the killings attended graduate school.
—Kevin Fixler
november 19, Idaho Statesman, 19 Nov. 2025
Noun
The Tulsa race massacre, one of the worst racially motivated mass murders in American history, began May 31, 1921.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 29 May 2026
He had been tried in absentia and convicted in dozens of murders, including helping to mastermind a pair of 1992 bombings that killed top anti-Mafia prosecutors Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino.
—ABC News, 28 May 2026
He was convicted of involvement in the 1992 high-profile murders of anti-Mafia judges Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino and for deadly bombings in Rome, Florence and Milan in 1993.
—CBS News, 28 May 2026
His investigation takes him to New Orleans, where he becomes embroiled in a series of brutal murders.
—Justin Kroll, Deadline, 28 May 2026
In a big win for Alex Murdaugh, South Carolina’s Supreme Court overturned his convictions for the murders of his wife and son, and granted him a retrial.
—Forbestv, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
Alex was sentenced to life in prison for the murders of his wife and son.
—Dateline Nbc, NBC news, 20 May 2026
However, she was arrested in November 2022 and was convicted of Dominic and Davion's murders the following March.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 19 May 2026
Right-wing terrorists account for over half of those murders, some 54%, Islamists account for 21%, and left-wing terrorists for 22%.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 19 May 2026
Verb
Kingpin’s enforcer Buck Cashman (Arty Froushan) shockingly murders Deputy Mayor Daniel Blake (Michael Gandolfini) in a showdown of Fisk’s two right-hand men.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 29 Apr. 2026
Geillis, on her quest to install Bonnie Prince Charlie on the throne, murders her husband as a blood sacrifice and walks through the stones.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2026
In 1971, a jury in Los Angeles recommended the death penalty for Charles Manson and three female followers for the 1969 Tate-La Bianca murders.
—ABC News, 9 Mar. 2026
Her unscrupulous, power-hungry uncle Claudius (Kôji Yakusho) murders his own brother to become king.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
That’s partly because its senseless violence, inspired by the Manson murders among other grisly homicides, feels all too plausible.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 4 Feb. 2026
Perez, a 63-year-old transient man, was convicted of the child murders from 1992 through 2001 throughout Central and Northern California, the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office announced in a news release.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 7 Jan. 2026
Gun murders rare Until Sunday, Australia had decades of proof that tough gun laws can make a country safer with one of the world’s lowest gun homicide rates, per capita.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 15 Dec. 2025
At least one of the families of the four victims in the Moscow college student murders plans to sue the nearby university where the man who admitted to the killings attended graduate school.
—Kevin Fixler
november 19, Idaho Statesman, 19 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for murders
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In addition to expressing trauma in the sessions, Alex also had nightmares that resulted in him not being able to sleep for more than one hour consistently, André recalled in the Netflix doc.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
5 June 2026
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Still, the omissions are striking as social media influencers, Letterboxd users, YouTube critics, true crime obsessives, and more power players in eventizing contemporary nightmares go unscathed.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
4 June 2026
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At this point in 2025, Kansas City had recorded 68 homicides.—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
2 June 2026
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The station also reported four homicides occurred on those two blocks during the first four months of 2026.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
1 June 2026
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That assassinates Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, sparking retaliatory attacks by Iran across the Middle East.—
Jill Lawrence,
Mercury News,
7 Mar. 2026
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Soleimani assassination | Trump orders a drone strike in Iraq that assassinates Qasem Soleimani, an influential Iranian military commander.—
Erin Mansfield,
USA Today,
1 Mar. 2026
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Tensions between the galley and the interior continue to escalate over lunch service, when a radio mishap fumbles the order in which the food should go out.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
26 May 2026
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The movie fumbles the chance to do something arresting with this seminal period in art.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
12 May 2026
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The humans use and abuse, like, 60 of us during an average NCAA game — and the horrors basically double for MLB.—
Tyler Estep,
AJC.com,
3 June 2026
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At stake is whether millions of Black Americans will have a say in their future or if the South will descend into the horrors of Jim Crow.—
Ut Community Press,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 June 2026
Verb
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With the Land Rover Terrain Response System offering modes comprising Eco, Dynamic, Grass/Gravel/Snow, Mud & Ruts, Sand, Rock Crawl, and Wade, the tech takes the geographic and meteorological elements and slays them with a flick of a control.—
John Scott Lewinski,
Robb Report,
8 Apr. 2026
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Shortly after becoming husband and wife, Grace milks another loophole in the hide-and-seek rulebook and slays Titus, thereby sending the rest of the High Council to slaughter at the hands of their demonic overlord, Le Bail.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Mar. 2026
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What makes season 6 a top-tier installment is witnessing two power alliances (the Friendship and the Sovereign 6) going head-to-head and trading blows back-and-forth every single week.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 June 2026
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The fuel-saving engine start-stop system is also transparent, and the air conditioning blows ice cold, even when the gasoline engine is off.—
Michael Harley,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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The bleak tortures Ohm concocts for his characters are as vile as the Bilberry’s fetid jacuzzi.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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But such judgments often come from a place of distance—from people who have never lived under a theocracy that imprisons, tortures, and kills with impunity.—
Nazanin Boniadi,
Time,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Murders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/murders. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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