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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
Theodore Parisienne, New York Daily News, 19 June 2026
Heuermann's sentencing comes more than two decades after prosecutors say the killings, known as the Gilgo Beach murders, began with Costilla's death in November 1993.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 18 June 2026
It was first conceived when Jupiter Entertainment executives learned that only about 8% of murders are committed by women.
—Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 18 June 2026
Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson are heading to Apple TV for a new show, Brothers, which involves no murders and is meant to be rather heartwarming.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
Such a light as this should shine only on murders and public crime, or along the corridors of lunatic asylums.
—Literary Hub, 17 June 2026
He had been charged with seven murders and agreed to confess to an uncharged eighth as part of the plea deal.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2026
Police said the murders took place between 1993 and 2010.
—Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 17 June 2026
After Miller's death in 2021, Israel Lecompte, 21, was sentenced to two mandatory life sentences plus 163 years for the murders of Miller and 22-year-old Quinton Dorsey.
—Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 12 June 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 Bronx is still responsible for more than a third of the murders and shootings in the city, according to NYPD statistics.
—Theodore Parisienne, New York Daily News, 19 June 2026
Heuermann's sentencing comes more than two decades after prosecutors say the killings, known as the Gilgo Beach murders, began with Costilla's death in November 1993.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 18 June 2026
It was first conceived when Jupiter Entertainment executives learned that only about 8% of murders are committed by women.
—Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 18 June 2026
Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson are heading to Apple TV for a new show, Brothers, which involves no murders and is meant to be rather heartwarming.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
Such a light as this should shine only on murders and public crime, or along the corridors of lunatic asylums.
—Literary Hub, 17 June 2026
He had been charged with seven murders and agreed to confess to an uncharged eighth as part of the plea deal.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2026
Police said the murders took place between 1993 and 2010.
—Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 17 June 2026
After Miller's death in 2021, Israel Lecompte, 21, was sentenced to two mandatory life sentences plus 163 years for the murders of Miller and 22-year-old Quinton Dorsey.
—Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 12 June 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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The killing scenes of the regime were so fresh in my nightmares when the war began and now the sound of airstrikes and fighter jets added to them.—
Somayeh Malekian,
ABC News,
18 June 2026
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Older children may have panic attacks, nightmares, and difficulty focusing, Mendoza said.—
Claudia Boyd-Barrett,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
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Three Fort Worth homicides on Sunday The other three homicides this week all occurred on Sunday.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
17 June 2026
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Over the last five years, there have been an average of 30 homicides each June and July in Kansas City, Missouri and roughly four for the same two-month period across the state line in Kansas City, Kansas.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
17 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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Foul odors coming from the Ocean Hill apartment led to a 911 call on Wednesday that revealed the place’s horrors.—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
19 June 2026
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Aside from a bloodied ear here or there, most of the horrors in Leviticus are implied rather than shown.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
18 June 2026
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The Johnson County District Court sentenced Robinson to death for the killings of two women and to life in prison in Kansas for the killing of a third.—
Alexa Newsom,
Kansas City Star,
18 June 2026
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Myung Jin Kim, 31, was wanted in connection with two killings, including a botched murder-for-hire plot in San Jose in 2016 and the killing of Kim’s friend in the parking lot of a CVS in Westminster two years later.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
Verb
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Kerry Washington completely dismissing Seth Meyers’s home life absolutely slays.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
19 June 2026
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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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Pinkas said that before the war, Iran was isolated under sanctions that choked its oil exports, dealing blows to its economy.—
Pamela Avila,
CNN Money,
18 June 2026
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Both the England and Croatia fans boo as the referee blows for the hydration breaks.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 June 2026
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“Murders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/murders. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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