murders 1 of 2

plural of murder

murders

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of murder

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for murders
Noun
  • To some, this might be the stuff of nightmares and horror movies.
    Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Sometimes his nightmares are tied to past regrets.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 23 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Violent crime incidents, property crime incidents and property crime victimization were also down in 2024 citywide, CMPD said in its end-of-year report, though homicides and violent crime victimization ticked up.
    Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 25 Mar. 2025
  • The group representing Afrikaners says the police have sometimes undercounted farm homicides in official statistics.
    Gerald Imray, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The edits were originally flagged by The Washington Post, which reported that changes stripped away key references to Harriet Tubman and softened language that once plainly conveyed the horrors of slavery.
    Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • The four-time major champion will be back at Augusta for his 11th go at the career grand slam, but land of the Azaleas has been a house of horrors at times for the Northern Irishman.
    Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Occasionally, a lone genius comes up with a brilliant idea, and everyone else simply executes it.
    Annie Palmer, CNBC, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The command-and-control model of management, once seen as a necessary discipline, loses relevance in environments where AI autonomously executes operational mandates.
    Steven Kawasumi, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
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“Murders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/murders. Accessed 26 Apr. 2025.

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