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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
Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 10 Nov. 2025
But when a series of murders begins to plague Los Angeles, Scout becomes the biggest suspect in the investigation — and the years she’s spent creating her pop singer image are at risk.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
Even in Oakland, murders have fallen 21% year over year.
—Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial, Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2025
Although murders were rare in the county, deputies handled traffic crashes, child abuse, burglary, fraud—but at a much lower volume than in big cities.
—Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
George was immediately arrested for the murders and subjected to hours of interrogation without his parents or an attorney.
—Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
One of Koch’s other retirement projects was a book series about a mayor who solves murders.
—James Folta, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
The agency announced the arrests of Cullum, Twombly, Tifany Machel Adams, 54, and Cora Twombly, 44, on April 13, 2024, in connection with the murders.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2025
The three-year mark of their murders arrives next week.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 5 Nov. 2025
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
Freddy, through Jesse, antagonizes and murders a lot of men.
—Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 31 Oct. 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
That included a pair of hunters named Victor Travis and Raymond Burgess; on the show, Gein hunts them down and murders them with a chainsaw.
—Jr Radcliffe, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
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The interdisciplinary approach brought the duke’s life and death to a stunning clarity — indicating how analyses can shed new light on age-old mysteries, even murders.
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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.
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Eight years later, the show isn’t making viewers nostalgic or giving them nightmares.—
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The students allegedly experienced sleep issues, nightmares and were scared of returning to school due to the possibility of being in that room.—
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The Tepes’ deaths are apparent homicides by gunshot wounds, the Franklin County Coroner’s Office told CNN.—
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Stepheny Price covers crime, including missing persons, homicides and migrant crime.—
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The premise has the potential for slapstick silliness, as an incompetent Seoul family fumbles its way through opening a hunting lodge in the Korean countryside.—
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As Lester fumbles for his bird whistle in the fountain to activate the camera, he gets thrown back in this tussle with Tillman and is killed.—
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Stories The Dial Press, February 24 I love reading about the horrors.—
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Auschwitz survivor Eva Schloss, the stepsister of teenage diarist Anne Frank and a tireless educator about the horrors of the Holocaust, has died.—
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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.—
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But maybe audiences will at least reach for their remotes and go to streaming for the killer doll that slays in more ways than one.—
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On a recent morning in midtown Manhattan, Spike Lee blows on an imaginary pair of dice before hurling them to the ground.—
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Brunson fakes the swing to the right corner, blows past VJ Edgecombe, gets both feet into the paint, draws two defenders and finds OG Anunoby in the left corner.—
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Former Jews deemed insufficiently converted faced the Spanish Inquisition’s tortures.—
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Lawful killings by police officers are not included in the LAPD’s homicide total; officials have said the Porter killing remains under investigation.—
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Some of these killings infuriated local residents, many of whom believe killing bears should be the last resort.—
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“Murders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/murders. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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