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Synonyms for murderer
ˈmɜr dər ərmur·der·er

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  1. murderer, liquidator, manslayernoun

    a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)

    Synonyms:
    receiver, liquidator, manslayer

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  1. murderernoun

    Synonyms:
    slaughterer, assassin, slayer, killer, butcher, cut-throat

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words4.0 / 1 vote

  1. murderernoun

    Synonyms:
    homicide

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  1. Chris Rock:

    That s — was about fame. If O.J. was n’t famous, he ’d be in jail right now, if O.J. drove a bus, he would n’t even be O.J. He ’d be Orenthal, the Bus Driving Murderer.

  2. John Milton:

    ... If weakness may excuse, What Murderer, what Traitor, Parricide, Incestuous, sacrilegious, but may plead it All Wickedness is Weakness That plea therefore With God or Man will gain thee no Remission.

  3. Maya Angelou:

    I believe we are still so innocent. The species are still so innocent that a person who is apt to be murdered believes that the murderer, just before he puts the final wrench on his throat, will have enough compassion to give him one sweet cup of water.

  4. Mike Schmidt:

    What they've done is they've tried to make it look like we're all terrorists. And they're trying to make me look like a murderer.

  5. Fatih Akin:

    The idea is that every individual, the victims too, but also the murderer, have their dignity. And I thought that was a challenge, I didn't know if I was up to it, i didn't want to justify him. The man is sick. But I wanted the audience to be with him on this journey.


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