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
  • The move drew immediate condemnation from the abuse victims and their attorneys, whose lawsuits were effectively paused while a bankruptcy judge reviewed the church’s finances and assets.
    Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
  • When asked if the injuries appeared to have come from the victim’s own hunting party or another hunter, Clay County Sheriff Mark Empting responded that more information would be released after the weekend.
    Matt Henson, Twin Cities, 9 Nov. 2024
Definition of victim
Noun
  • Too many state officials have not yet learned that lesson. Correction, November 13, 6 pm ET: An earlier version of this story miscalculated the number of pedestrian fatalities on Roosevelt Boulevard in 2022.
    David Zipper, Vox, 13 Nov. 2024
  • Young Drivers of Canada, the country's largest driving training organization, found the risk of fatalities on the roads on Election Day was 38 percent higher than on Super Bowl Sunday and 80 percent higher than on News Year's Day.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of fatality
Noun
  • There was no immediate report of casualties or details on what was hit.
    Reuters, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • The conditions of those wounded remain unclear and there were no reported casualties among the guardsmen involved.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of casualty
Noun
  • Keep the thrills coming with Jessica Guess’s Cirque Berserk, which stars four teens who make an annual sacrifice to the queen of the underworld in exchange for eternal youth.
    Mikaella Clements & Onjuli Datta, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Festival participants wore costumes made from animal skins and lighted huge fires to burn crops as a sacrifice to the deities.
    Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of sacrifice
Noun
  • Instead of a defining win, the Broncos suffered a crusher of a 16-14 loss here Sunday when Lutz’s 35-yard walk-off field goal attempt got blocked.
    Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
  • Eklund had a season-low 15:20 in ice time in the Sharks’ 5-2 loss to the Minnesota Wild on Thursday.
    Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
Definition of loss
Noun
  • This suggests the influence of other factors, such as the emergence of coral reefs and changes in prey availability, which could have driven the evolutionary trajectory of sharks.
    Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The regulation became necessary when the number of whales near the coast spiked after a marine heat wave from 2014 to 2018 apparently pushed their prey – such as sardines and anchovies – closer to shore, and the humpbacks followed.
    Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of prey
Noun
  • By now we were used to hearing about how Trump had been saved by God, but his return to Butler was meant to cement his image as a martyr and a hero.
    Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
  • The chapel was meant to house relics of the martyrs and apostles, Rossi said.
    Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of martyr
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