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was murdering

  • past progressive
    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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It looked like he was murdering that Pop-Tart, not toasting it.

From Slate ● Apr. 5, 2015

Said Equerry Major Sir John Aird, "The sounds of the shots must have made the Corsicans think someone was murdering His Highness."

From Time Magazine Archive

I could see he was murdering a fried-fish sandwich.

From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore

Because if Nehemia had truly lied to her like that, and if Nehemia was murdering the Champions, then Celaena had to see it herself.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas

And as for finding and defeating the evil in the castle...well, now that it seemed tied to who was murdering the Champions, how could she not try to figure out where it was coming from?

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas