as in assassin
a person who kills another person
the murderer was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole
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Anybody out in the woods doesn’t expect to walk into a village of murderers — of cannibal murderers.
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Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Mar. 2025
In the final moments of last week’s episode, Hector Ayala, aka the hero White Tiger, was found innocent in his trial against the NYPD then shot and killed on the street by an unknown murderer.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 19 Mar. 2025
If Hamas does not release all the hostages, the gates of hell will open in Gaza, and Hamas' murderers and rapists will face the IDF with unprecedented force.
—James Hider, NPR, 17 Mar. 2025
In real life, the probability of a nurse being a murderer in disguise, though not zero, was low, and Lilian did not believe that such a sensational turn was likely to occur to her.
—Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2025
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Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Mar. 2025
In the final moments of last week’s episode, Hector Ayala, aka the hero White Tiger, was found innocent in his trial against the NYPD then shot and killed on the street by an unknown murderer.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 19 Mar. 2025
If Hamas does not release all the hostages, the gates of hell will open in Gaza, and Hamas' murderers and rapists will face the IDF with unprecedented force.
—James Hider, NPR, 17 Mar. 2025
In real life, the probability of a nurse being a murderer in disguise, though not zero, was low, and Lilian did not believe that such a sensational turn was likely to occur to her.
—Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for murderer
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“Murderer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/murderer. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.
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