as in murderous
eager for or marked by the shedding of blood, extreme violence, or killing
a vow to bring down the murdering fiend who had destroyed his family
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as in assassinating
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 fumbling
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 murdering
Lorenzino Estrada, Arizona Republic, 2 Jan. 2025
The timing was awkward — as Bashar and his gang were murdering unarmed protesters en masse.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 31 Dec. 2024
An Alaska woman has been found guilty of murdering a man whose body was found a day after he was appointed to be her supervisor by a court.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024
The killer was Stephen Simmons, a tavern keeper who had been convicted of murdering his wife during a drunken quarrel.
—Dan Austin, Detroit Free Press, 23 Dec. 2024
Martinez-Hernandez, an El Salvadoran citizen, also is accused of murdering a young woman in El Salvador in January 2023, according to Harford County Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler.
—Raphael Romero Ruiz, The Arizona Republic, 22 Dec. 2024
An Alameda County jury last week found David Misch, 63, guilty of murdering best friends Jennifer Duey and Michelle Xavier, prosecutors said.
—Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
Sanchez has pleaded not guilty to charges of trafficking drugs, laundering money, obstructing justice, carjacking, kidnapping and murdering two women.
—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
Once the rules and nature of the Game revealed themselves, plenty of players were content to dispense with societal decorum and start fully murdering each other to level the playing field.
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 20 Dec. 2024
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Sutcliffe was convicted of murdering 13 women as well as attempting to murder seven others.
—Lorenzino Estrada, Arizona Republic, 2 Jan. 2025
The timing was awkward — as Bashar and his gang were murdering unarmed protesters en masse.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 31 Dec. 2024
An Alaska woman has been found guilty of murdering a man whose body was found a day after he was appointed to be her supervisor by a court.
—Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024
The killer was Stephen Simmons, a tavern keeper who had been convicted of murdering his wife during a drunken quarrel.
—Dan Austin, Detroit Free Press, 23 Dec. 2024
Martinez-Hernandez, an El Salvadoran citizen, also is accused of murdering a young woman in El Salvador in January 2023, according to Harford County Sheriff Jeffrey Gahler.
—Raphael Romero Ruiz, The Arizona Republic, 22 Dec. 2024
An Alameda County jury last week found David Misch, 63, guilty of murdering best friends Jennifer Duey and Michelle Xavier, prosecutors said.
—Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
Sanchez has pleaded not guilty to charges of trafficking drugs, laundering money, obstructing justice, carjacking, kidnapping and murdering two women.
—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
Once the rules and nature of the Game revealed themselves, plenty of players were content to dispense with societal decorum and start fully murdering each other to level the playing field.
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 20 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for murdering
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The new Haunted Mansion attic bride will be surrounded by portraits of past grooms who gradually vanish — leaving the reasons for their departure more to the imagination instead of her murderous intentions.—
Brady MacDonald,
Orange County Register,
18 Jan. 2025
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Holding an axe, she was portrayed as a murderous, wealth-seeking seductress who had beheaded her husbands, evident by their heads disappearing from the wedding portraits scattered around the attic.—
Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Jan. 2025
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He has been involved in executing the recommendations of the Interpath findings.—
Adam Crafton,
The Athletic,
23 Dec. 2024
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Penn State raced ahead 14-0 before executing two consecutive offensive scoring drives to finish the half up 28-0.—
Kambui Bomani,
Forbes,
23 Dec. 2024
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The most pressing problem concerns European Union rules on carbon dioxide emissions, with bottom-line-destroying fines for the bigger failures.—
Neil Winton,
Forbes,
5 Jan. 2025
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At this point, most of the surveys are showing roughly seventy per cent of Israelis would prefer a hostage deal to whatever the alternative is, like destroying Hamas by any means.—
Isaac Chotiner,
The New Yorker,
2 Jan. 2025
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Just as pig butchering schemes migrated to the US in 2021, some believe these digital arrest deepfake scams will migrate in 2025.—
Frank McKenna,
Forbes,
16 Dec. 2024
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Analysis of the more than 3,000 bones has suggested that unidentified assailants violently killed at least 37 men, women and children before butchering and cannibalizing their victims between 2210 and 2010 BC at a site called Charterhouse Warren, which is located in Somerset.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN,
16 Dec. 2024
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“Murdering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/murdering. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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