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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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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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Recent Examples of murders
Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 13 Feb. 2026
The murders of four University of Idaho students in 2022 generated nearly 40,000 tips to state and federal authorities.
—Ed White, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2026
In court and to the Broward Sheriff’s Office, Mary Gingles repeatedly reported abusive and controlling behavior by Gingles, including threats to her life, in the months leading up to the murders.
—Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2026
His attorneys describe a man who grew up in the '80s and '90s in the lower 9th Ward of New Orleans, a notoriously violent place where prostitution, drugs, and murders ran rampant.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 12 Feb. 2026
Murdaugh, a prominent attorney from a South Carolina Lowcountry legal dynasty, was accused of the murders of his wife, Maggie, and 22-year-old son, Paul, at the family’s hunting property in June 2021.
—Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 11 Feb. 2026
Kelly is a folk hero who committed murders and robberies in the late nineteenth century.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 11 Feb. 2026
Many mothers in the Twin Cities marched the streets in the wake of the murders and terrifying kidnappings by ICE, and many mothers organized in other ways, moving food and money to food shelves, families sheltering-in-place, and rent relief funds.
—Literary Hub, 6 Feb. 2026
In February 2024, Connor successfully tried Emanuel Lopes on all charges related to the murders of Weymouth Police Sgt.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 6 Feb. 2026
Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
That’s partly because its senseless violence, inspired by the Manson murders among other grisly homicides, feels all too plausible.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 4 Feb. 2026
Perez, a 63-year-old transient man, was convicted of the child murders from 1992 through 2001 throughout Central and Northern California, the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office announced in a news release.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 7 Jan. 2026
Gun murders rare Until Sunday, Australia had decades of proof that tough gun laws can make a country safer with one of the world’s lowest gun homicide rates, per capita.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 15 Dec. 2025
After Henry murders his sister and mother and makes his father the fall guy, this place becomes known as the Murder House in Hawkins.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2025
At least one of the families of the four victims in the Moscow college student murders plans to sue the nearby university where the man who admitted to the killings attended graduate school.
—Kevin Fixler
november 19, Idaho Statesman, 19 Nov. 2025
He was convicted and sentenced to 14 years in prison, but his guilt came into question in 1982 when investigators connected the Locci and Lo Bianco murders to the 1974, 1981, and 1982 slayings.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2025
Ken Woroner—Netflix In Shelley's book, the Creature either directly murders or is responsible for the deaths of several innocent people as part as his quest for vengeance against Victor.
—Megan McCluskey, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
Tom Brenner / Pool via AP Brendan Banfield, a 40-year-old former IRS agent, was found guilty for the murders of Christine Banfield and Joseph Ryan.
—Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 13 Feb. 2026
The murders of four University of Idaho students in 2022 generated nearly 40,000 tips to state and federal authorities.
—Ed White, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2026
In court and to the Broward Sheriff’s Office, Mary Gingles repeatedly reported abusive and controlling behavior by Gingles, including threats to her life, in the months leading up to the murders.
—Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2026
His attorneys describe a man who grew up in the '80s and '90s in the lower 9th Ward of New Orleans, a notoriously violent place where prostitution, drugs, and murders ran rampant.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 12 Feb. 2026
Murdaugh, a prominent attorney from a South Carolina Lowcountry legal dynasty, was accused of the murders of his wife, Maggie, and 22-year-old son, Paul, at the family’s hunting property in June 2021.
—Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 11 Feb. 2026
Kelly is a folk hero who committed murders and robberies in the late nineteenth century.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 11 Feb. 2026
Many mothers in the Twin Cities marched the streets in the wake of the murders and terrifying kidnappings by ICE, and many mothers organized in other ways, moving food and money to food shelves, families sheltering-in-place, and rent relief funds.
—Literary Hub, 6 Feb. 2026
In February 2024, Connor successfully tried Emanuel Lopes on all charges related to the murders of Weymouth Police Sgt.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 6 Feb. 2026
Verb
Her unscrupulous, power-hungry uncle Claudius (Kôji Yakusho) murders his own brother to become king.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2026
That’s partly because its senseless violence, inspired by the Manson murders among other grisly homicides, feels all too plausible.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 4 Feb. 2026
Perez, a 63-year-old transient man, was convicted of the child murders from 1992 through 2001 throughout Central and Northern California, the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office announced in a news release.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 7 Jan. 2026
Gun murders rare Until Sunday, Australia had decades of proof that tough gun laws can make a country safer with one of the world’s lowest gun homicide rates, per capita.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 15 Dec. 2025
After Henry murders his sister and mother and makes his father the fall guy, this place becomes known as the Murder House in Hawkins.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2025
At least one of the families of the four victims in the Moscow college student murders plans to sue the nearby university where the man who admitted to the killings attended graduate school.
—Kevin Fixler
november 19, Idaho Statesman, 19 Nov. 2025
He was convicted and sentenced to 14 years in prison, but his guilt came into question in 1982 when investigators connected the Locci and Lo Bianco murders to the 1974, 1981, and 1982 slayings.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2025
Ken Woroner—Netflix In Shelley's book, the Creature either directly murders or is responsible for the deaths of several innocent people as part as his quest for vengeance against Victor.
—Megan McCluskey, Time, 17 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for murders
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Ilia Malinin’s collapse underscores the crushing psychological pressure of Olympic competition, which can turn childhood dreams into nightmares, even for elite athletes.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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Most of them are oddly charged, dramatically staged images meant to evoke dreams, nightmares, or fantasies.—
Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
14 Feb. 2026
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Stepheny Price covers crime, including missing persons, homicides and migrant crime.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
11 Feb. 2026
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Duluth saw five homicides in 2025, including three involving gun violence.—
Duluth News Tribune,
Twin Cities,
11 Feb. 2026
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The Seahawks are a high-turnover team on both sides of the ball, but the 49ers have forced just two takeaways in the season series — both fumbles in the opener.—
Michael Nowels,
Mercury News,
12 Jan. 2026
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The Honda backs up a few feet as the agent fumbles at the door handle.—
George Petras,
USA Today,
8 Jan. 2026
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Derry Girls, which followed teens in McGee’s native Derry in the years preceding 1998’s Good Friday Agreement, was a raucous, joke-dense show that juxtaposed mundane adolescent rites of passage with the daily horrors of life in Northern Ireland during the Troubles.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
13 Feb. 2026
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Throughout, emotion churns and chafes against a backdrop of political unrest, corporate malfeasance, and the everyday horrors that erode modern life.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
13 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Teyana Taylor slays in red at an event in Las Vegas, while Hudson Williams smiles for the cameras at Men's Fashion Week in Milan.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
18 Jan. 2026
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Chriselle Lim demonstrates that a precise center part, along with a straight style, is the perfect formula for a sharp bob that slays.—
Omenaa Boakye,
InStyle,
31 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Seeking changes Like much of Connecticut, Brookfield already experiences poor air quality and particulate-matter pollution that blows into the state from the west.—
John Moritz,
Hartford Courant,
9 Feb. 2026
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And the spending rarely stops when the final whistle blows.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
8 Feb. 2026
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Former Jews deemed insufficiently converted faced the Spanish Inquisition’s tortures.—
David Bloom,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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The crisis caused by Minneapolis killings Senators returned to work this week dealing with the fallout from the fatal shooting of ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis by federal immigration officers, as well as the killing of Renee Good in the city weeks earlier.—
Joey Cappelletti,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Jan. 2026
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Crisis after Minneapolis killings Senators returned to work this week dealing with the fallout from the fatal shooting of ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis by federal immigration officers, as well as the killing of Renee Good in the city weeks earlier.—
Joey Cappelletti,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Murders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/murders. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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