murderee

noun

Definition of murdereenext
as in victim

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  1. victim
  2. fatality
  3. casualty
  4. sacrifice
  5. loss
  6. prey
  7. martyr
Noun
  • Sally Smith, a spokesperson for the police department, said Wednesday morning that she's heard the victim is in stable condition at the moment.
    Remington Miller, arkansasonline.com, 15 Jan. 2025
  • The other victims suffered smoke inhalation and other minor injuries.
    Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2025
Definition of victim
Noun
  • There have been no reported injuries or fatalities, officials said.
    David Chiu, People.com, 8 Jan. 2025
  • But Boring’s letter did not address what would replace ordinances that required multiple layers of inspection and the immediate notification of injuries and fatalities.
    Daniel Rothberg, ProPublica, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of fatality
Noun
  • The Ukrainians are taking casualties, too of course—and struggling to keep their front-line brigades fully manned.
    David Axe, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
  • His administration has faced backlash for not doing enough to press Israel to avoid civilian casualties in its military offensive.
    Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 16 Jan. 2025
Definition of casualty
Noun
  • Aiming for the cheaper end of the market inevitably means that technology sacrifices have to be made.
    Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 13 Jan. 2025
  • In the decades since her mission, advances in technology have reduced the need for such sacrifices.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
Definition of sacrifice
Noun
  • Trump has repeatedly vowed to use the DOJ to target his political opponents while issuing sweeping pardons for the rioters who attacked the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to overturn his 2020 election loss.
    Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 15 Jan. 2025
  • The Hawaii report analyzed the loss of 3,000 structures.
    Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
Definition of loss
Noun
  • This increases our reliance on technical preventative controls and response and recovery capabilities should a user inadvertently fall prey to a social engineering attempt.
    James Blake, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
  • But a recent program introduced sheepdogs, which guard the flocks from the predators and direct the cats to hunt their natural prey, reducing interactions with the gauchos.
    Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of prey
Noun
  • Review Reviewed by Maria Lipman January/February 2025 Published on January 7, 2025 In This Review Patriot: A Memoir By Alexei Navalny Print Save The posthumous memoir by Navalny, the late Russian opposition leader, mingles the account of a politician with the story of a martyr.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The defendant, who carried a handwritten manifesto decrying the American health care system, has been cast as a martyr by some people sympathetic to his apparent philosophy — and the charges could strengthen that perception.
    Hurubie Meko, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of martyr
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