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Recent Examples of murderess
That herbalist turns out to be… murderess and blood-magic aficionado Geillis Duncan, played once more by Lotte Verbeek!
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Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 22 Nov. 2024
Frances McDormand as an Edith Piaf–singing animal murderess!
—Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
The Oscar and two-time Emmy winner has remained a consistent bright light up on the screen for three decades now, ever since her film debut as a murderess teenager in Peter Jackson’s Heavenly Creatures (1994).
—Jeff Conway, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
In 1975, Rivera originated the role of Velma Kelly, a 1920s Chicago murderess, in the musical Chicago alongside Gwen Verdon as Roxie Hart.
—Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2024
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Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 22 Nov. 2024
Frances McDormand as an Edith Piaf–singing animal murderess!
—Sean Malin, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024
The Oscar and two-time Emmy winner has remained a consistent bright light up on the screen for three decades now, ever since her film debut as a murderess teenager in Peter Jackson’s Heavenly Creatures (1994).
—Jeff Conway, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
In 1975, Rivera originated the role of Velma Kelly, a 1920s Chicago murderess, in the musical Chicago alongside Gwen Verdon as Roxie Hart.
—Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for murderess
Noun
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To populate this murderer’s row of, well, murderers, Davidson races against the clock to court talent and get them to New York in time for filming.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
28 May 2025
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The public believed this story of intentionality so completely that every shark bite was essentially a murder, and every shark a potential murderer, and the beach was the scene of a crime by a deviant monster against innocent beachgoers.—
Chris Pepin-Neff,
Scientific American,
26 May 2025
Noun
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King Shrewd secretly trains young Fitz as an assassin, harnessing his ancestral magic.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
25 May 2025
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Those were the final words uttered by Emperor Uriel Septum—played by none other than Star Trek's Patrick Stewart—before an assassin leaped out of the shadows to cut him down.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
22 May 2025
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“Murderess.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/murderess. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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