MURDERS Synonyms: 166 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

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plural of murder

as in nightmares

a situation or state that causes great suffering and unhappiness this weather is murder on my sinuses

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as in homicides

the intentional and unlawful taking of another person's life arrested for attempting to commit murder

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verb

present tense third-person singular of murder

as in assassinates

to put to death deliberately those people made me so mad I felt like I wanted to murder them

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as in fumbles

to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way we listened in horror as she murdered our favorite song on stage

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Most put the blame on Hollywood, which is not only a notoriously cutthroat and exploitative industry, but also the birthplace of so many collective nightmares thanks to decades of horror films.

Jess Joho, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
Ben Cooper masks remain the stuff of nightmares — which may be why several companies (such as Rubies of Long Island, which acquired the Ben Cooper brand name in 1992) now produce plastic Ben Cooper-style masks.

Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 3 Oct. 2024

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