Synonyms of murders

murders 1 of 2

noun

plural of murder

1

as in nightmares

a situation or state that causes great suffering and unhappiness

this weather is murder on my sinuses

Synonyms & Similar Words

• nightmares
• horrors
• tortures
• agonies
• miseries
• torments
• curses
• tragedies
• hells
• misfortunes
• ordeals
• Gehennas
• tribulations
• trials
• calamities
• crosses
• afflictions
• calvaries
• galls
• thorns
• drags
• downers
• bummers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• heavens
• pleasures
• fun
• joys
• riots
• diversions
• entertainments
• delights
• recreations
• picnics
• paradises
• larks

2

as in homicides

the intentional and unlawful taking of another person's life

arrested for attempting to commit murder

Synonyms & Similar Words

• homicides
• slayings
• killings
• massacres
• assassinations
• foul play
• rubouts
• executions
• manslaughters
• slaughters
• blood
• carnages
• butcheries
• bloodsheds
• destructions
• decimations
• parricides
• mercy killings
• hits
• regicides
• euthanasias
• chance-medleys
• fratricides
• matricides
• patricides
• filicides
• uxoricides

murders

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of murder

1

as in assassinates

to put to death deliberately

those people made me so mad I felt like I wanted to murder them

Synonyms & Similar Words

• assassinates
• slays
• executes
• kills
• dispatches
• slaughters
• offs
• neutralizes
• gets
• snuffs
• takes out
• liquidates
• whacks
• shoots
• terminates
• destroys
• knocks off
• rubs out
• ices
• does away with
• puts away
• croaks
• does in
• massacres
• bumps off
• claims
• cuts down
• blows away
• shoots down
• butchers
• carries off
• zaps
• smites
• eliminates
• mows (down)
• fells
• blots out
• eradicates
• exterminates
• wipes out
• annihilates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• raises
• animates
• restores
• revives
• resurrects
• resuscitates

2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fumbles
• blows
• dubs
• ruins
• butchers
• bungles
• boots
• botches
• fouls up
• spoils
• destroys
• flubs
• boggles
• screws up
• mangles
• damages
• muffs
• bobbles
• mars
• goofs (up)
• injures
• fluffs
• bumbles
• mucks up
• messes (up)
• blunders
• wrecks
• mutilates
• foozles
• buggers (up)
• flaws
• harms
• hurts
• blights
• bollixes (up)
• gums (up)
• louses up
• muddles
• impairs
• blemishes
• vitiates
• piffles
• mismanages
• mishandles

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reforms
• improves
• enhances
• helps
• remedies
• repairs
• refines
• betters
• rectifies
• ameliorates
• doctors
• fixes
• meliorates
• renovates
• patches
• reconditions
• revamps

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of murders

Noun

Von Wernich, a former police chaplain, was sentenced to life in prison in 2007 for his role in seven murders and dozens of kidnappings and torture cases during Argentina’s 1976-1983 military dictatorship. — ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026

The escalating legal battle centers on the holdout juror, who said he’s been harassed since the trial ended but continues to stand by his position that Clancy premeditated the murders of her children. — Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 29 Oct. 2026

But then a series of murders occur, eerily similar to those of the Ferryman, and a reporter uncovers her identity and wants an interview. — Oline H. Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026

Brownlee has been charged with the murders of six people across an 18-month span of time, with the killings taking place from the Bay Area to Stockton. — CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026

Bundy was executed in 1989 by electric chair in Florida for the 1978 murders of two women at the Chi Omega sorority house at Florida State University. — Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026

During the manhunt to find a suspect in the Tylenol murders, James Lewis mailed the first of three letters to the Tribune. — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026

It is based on Australia’s infamous Leongatha mushroom murders, with New Zealand actress Lynskey playing Erin Patterson who had been convicted in the case. — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 27 Oct. 2026

In 2001, Overton was convicted and sentenced to life for the 1996 burglary that led to him being charged for the MacIvors’ murders. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026

Verb

This included three of the women involved in the brutal Manson murders — Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel, and Leslie Van Houten — all scheduled to be gassed. — M. Sara Rosenthal, STAT, 13 Oct. 2026

Joe almost murders Morgan (Sherry and Morgan in the same episode? — Alice Burton, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026

By definition, a serial killer is someone who murders two or more people during separate events, with gaps of time in between. — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 15 Sep. 2026

To get even with Kanan, Juke murders Raq, her surrogate mother. — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026

Moriarty has reported on the yogurt shop murders for over 30 years. — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 26 June 2026

Red is immediately abducted, cut open in an ambulance, and injected with pain-magnifying drugs by his torturers, while Liz accidentally murders the mysterious man surveilling her next door. — Ew Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 25 June 2026

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

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