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
  • Identities of the victims are yet to be released, per CNN.
    Clare Fisher, People.com, 2 Jan. 2025
  • The number of victims killed in the Bourbon Street attack has risen to 15, Fox News has learned.
    Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 2 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
  • Conflict can be a powerful force in changing a nation's demographics by creating refugees, but also casualties.
    Katharina Buchholz, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Few of them showed signs of fighting, such as being burned in explosions or bearing bloodstains from casualties.
    Carlotta Gall, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2025
Definition of casualty
Noun
  • Biles explores the sacrifices but also the pressure that comes with sustained success.
    Kanzah Maktoum, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Yet in pregnancy, Mama Rice Pudding transforms into something more complex—a creative block that threatens to silence Shafak’s literary voice by forbidding books and demanding the sacrifice of artistic pursuits at the altar of maternal duty.
    Fidan Cheikosman, JSTOR Daily, 1 Jan. 2025
Definition of sacrifice
Noun
  • The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, tasked with a review of the potential acquisition, shared concerns about the national security risks posed by the loss of the country's second-largest steel producer.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Affecting the Brain: GLP-1 drugs interact with brain centers that control hunger, which can lead to weight loss.
    Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 2 Jan. 2025
Definition of loss
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of prey
Noun
  • White South Carolinians praised the Klansmen as martyrs of the former Confederacy.
    Brittany Friedman / Made by History, TIME, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Violent rioters — prosecuted, convicted and imprisoned — somehow became patriotic martyrs.
    Dan Barry, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025
Definition of martyr
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