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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
Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 20 Feb. 2026
The letter to Hull in which Pender allegedly confessed to committing the murders was later deemed a fake, with Hull himself admitting that his cellmate wrote it.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Feb. 2026
The Camorra criminal organization is responsible for hundreds of murders across Italy, and the citizens are fed up.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 20 Feb. 2026
More than three decades after one of Austin’s most notorious crimes, the 1991 yogurt shop murders case is back in court.
—Jay Janner, Austin American Statesman, 19 Feb. 2026
Before the yogurt shop murders, Brashers served time in prison for shooting a woman and he was granted parole in 1989, Jackson said.
—Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 19 Feb. 2026
Four men who were wrongfully accused of the 1991 Austin yogurt shop murders were declared innocent by a Texas judge on Thursday, formally clearing their names in a courtroom for the first time since the killings of four teenage girls that haunted the city for decades.
—CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026
Did the murders of Silverio Villegas González, Keith Porter, and too many others in detention centers matter less because their deaths weren’t filmed?
—Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
Tom Brenner / Pool via AP Brendan Banfield, a 40-year-old former IRS agent, was found guilty for the murders of Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan.
—Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 13 Feb. 2026
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
After Henry murders his sister and mother and makes his father the fall guy, this place becomes known as the Murder House in Hawkins.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 24 Nov. 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
He was convicted and sentenced to 14 years in prison, but his guilt came into question in 1982 when investigators connected the Locci and Lo Bianco murders to the 1974, 1981, and 1982 slayings.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2025
Ken Woroner—Netflix In Shelley's book, the Creature either directly murders or is responsible for the deaths of several innocent people as part as his quest for vengeance against Victor.
—Megan McCluskey, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
Authorities later sought to retry Springsteen and Scott, but, in 2009, a judge dismissed the charges after advances in DNA testing, technology unavailable at the time of the murders, identified another male suspect.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 20 Feb. 2026
The letter to Hull in which Pender allegedly confessed to committing the murders was later deemed a fake, with Hull himself admitting that his cellmate wrote it.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Feb. 2026
The Camorra criminal organization is responsible for hundreds of murders across Italy, and the citizens are fed up.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 20 Feb. 2026
More than three decades after one of Austin’s most notorious crimes, the 1991 yogurt shop murders case is back in court.
—Jay Janner, Austin American Statesman, 19 Feb. 2026
Before the yogurt shop murders, Brashers served time in prison for shooting a woman and he was granted parole in 1989, Jackson said.
—Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 19 Feb. 2026
Four men who were wrongfully accused of the 1991 Austin yogurt shop murders were declared innocent by a Texas judge on Thursday, formally clearing their names in a courtroom for the first time since the killings of four teenage girls that haunted the city for decades.
—CBS News, 19 Feb. 2026
Did the murders of Silverio Villegas González, Keith Porter, and too many others in detention centers matter less because their deaths weren’t filmed?
—Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
Tom Brenner / Pool via AP Brendan Banfield, a 40-year-old former IRS agent, was found guilty for the murders of Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan.
—Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 13 Feb. 2026
Verb
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
After Henry murders his sister and mother and makes his father the fall guy, this place becomes known as the Murder House in Hawkins.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 24 Nov. 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
He was convicted and sentenced to 14 years in prison, but his guilt came into question in 1982 when investigators connected the Locci and Lo Bianco murders to the 1974, 1981, and 1982 slayings.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2025
Ken Woroner—Netflix In Shelley's book, the Creature either directly murders or is responsible for the deaths of several innocent people as part as his quest for vengeance against Victor.
—Megan McCluskey, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for murders
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The filmmaker also resorts to that overused crutch of horror movies by which horrific events are revealed to be nightmares.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Feb. 2026
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Audre Lorde kept track of her nightmares and talked about going from the nightmare to the poem.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Feb. 2026
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Nineteen people connected to Philadelphia street gang violence were charged in connection with several shootings and homicides in the city, prosecutors and police announced Wednesday.—
Tom Dougherty,
CBS News,
25 Feb. 2026
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There have been nine homicides in the Nation's capital this year compared to 27 murders at the same time last year.—
ABC NEWS,
ABC News,
25 Feb. 2026
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The Seahawks are a high-turnover team on both sides of the ball, but the 49ers have forced just two takeaways in the season series — both fumbles in the opener.—
Michael Nowels,
Mercury News,
12 Jan. 2026
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The Honda backs up a few feet as the agent fumbles at the door handle.—
George Petras,
USA Today,
8 Jan. 2026
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On the surface, at least, the glitzy Russian capital, with its shops and cafes and traffic jams, is well-insulated against the horrors of the frontlines, save the occasional interception of Ukrainian drones, about which few Muscovites, frankly, spare a passing thought.—
Matthew Chance,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
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Why, Newman wrote, would Julian choose to give the world reason to doubt that the horrors unfolding in Europe were actually happening?—
Nicholas Lemann,
New Yorker,
21 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Teyana Taylor slays in red at an event in Las Vegas, while Hudson Williams smiles for the cameras at Men's Fashion Week in Milan.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
18 Jan. 2026
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Chriselle Lim demonstrates that a precise center part, along with a straight style, is the perfect formula for a sharp bob that slays.—
Omenaa Boakye,
InStyle,
31 Dec. 2025
Verb
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And the wind that crosses Montezuma Mesa blows into the faces of the divers.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Feb. 2026
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In all, eight of the 28 shows lost a performance (many productions are dark on Sunday nights anyway), and most took significant box office blows.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
24 Feb. 2026
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In that final part of the cycle—the writing part—were torments, perhaps even tortures, but good things happened.—
Jake Lundberg,
The Atlantic,
19 Feb. 2026
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Former Jews deemed insufficiently converted faced the Spanish Inquisition’s tortures.—
David Bloom,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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The crisis caused by Minneapolis killings Senators returned to work this week dealing with the fallout from the fatal shooting of ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis by federal immigration officers, as well as the killing of Renee Good in the city weeks earlier.—
Joey Cappelletti,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Jan. 2026
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Crisis after Minneapolis killings Senators returned to work this week dealing with the fallout from the fatal shooting of ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis by federal immigration officers, as well as the killing of Renee Good in the city weeks earlier.—
Joey Cappelletti,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Murders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/murders. Accessed 28 Feb. 2026.
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