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murdered

  • past participle
    of murder.
    murder
    noun
    the killing of another human being under conditions specifically covered in law. In the U.S., special statutory definitions include murder committed with malice aforethought, characterized by deliberation or premeditation or occurring during the commission of another serious crime, as robbery or arson first-degree murder, ormurder one, and murder by intent but without deliberation or premeditation second-degree murder, ormurder two.
  • past tense form
    of murder.
    murder
    noun
    the killing of another human being under conditions specifically covered in law. In the U.S., special statutory definitions include murder committed with malice aforethought, characterized by deliberation or premeditation or occurring during the commission of another serious crime, as robbery or arson first-degree murder, ormurder one, and murder by intent but without deliberation or premeditation second-degree murder, ormurder two.

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In one of his first acts as bishop he participated in a beatification mass for the three priests murdered in 1991.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026

The families of murdered primary school teacher Sabina Nessa, law graduate Zara Aleena and mother-of-three Jan Mustafa have previously advocated for changes to the laws.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

We can't tell for sure whether these Neanderthals were hurt by a companion during a hunt or murdered by a rival.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

“My grandparents were murdered in concentration camps. And to see how the world, again, is swinging that direction, where there are too many people in favor of a totalitarian government, is crazy,” Eliot said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

Apollo had declared that the plague would be stayed upon one condition: whoever had murdered King Laius must be punished.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton