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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Recent Examples of murderer
The book does advance one theory of who the murderer is.
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Nathan Smith, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
State leaders must deploy the National Guard and use every tool at their disposal to protect civilians from these murderers.
—Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 25 Jan. 2026
Federal agents are currently roaming cities under the ruse of going after murderers and rapists but are instead pulling anyone who doesn't fit their idea of what an American looks like out of cars, homes and schools using thuggish methods.
—Arkansas Online, 22 Jan. 2026
Tom Cruise is Precrime's chief commanding officer, but the program is turned back around on him when he's flagged as a future murderer himself.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Jan. 2026
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Nathan Smith, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2026
State leaders must deploy the National Guard and use every tool at their disposal to protect civilians from these murderers.
—Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 25 Jan. 2026
Federal agents are currently roaming cities under the ruse of going after murderers and rapists but are instead pulling anyone who doesn't fit their idea of what an American looks like out of cars, homes and schools using thuggish methods.
—Arkansas Online, 22 Jan. 2026
Tom Cruise is Precrime's chief commanding officer, but the program is turned back around on him when he's flagged as a future murderer himself.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for murderer
Noun
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In the days after Kirk’s death, politicians, law enforcement, and many media outlets tried to parse the meaning of the assassin’s inscriptions—to find a motive or assign blame.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
14 Feb. 2026
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As Malcolm navigates the moral complexities of his creation, he is hunted by an unrelenting assassin from the future which forever alters the fate of his three children, reads Netflix’s synopsis.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Despite heart disease being the number one killer of American women, women are underrepresented in clinical trials.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
5 Feb. 2026
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Season 4 focuses on the search for a missing Navajo girl, which takes Leaphorn, Chee and Manuelito from the safety of Navajo Nation to the gritty terrain of 1970s Los Angeles in a race against the clock to save her from an obsessive killer with ties to organized crime.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
5 Feb. 2026
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“Murderer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/murderer. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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