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murderers

n. countable
B1 Intermediate US //ˈmɝdɝɝz// UK //mˈɜːdəɹəz// mur·der·ers

n. people who kill other people. You use this word for those who commit murder.

n. persons who have committed the crime of murder.


SIMPLE

The police are looking for the murderers.

CONTEXTUAL

The detectives questioned the two murderers at the crime scene.

COMPLEX

History often remembers the victors, but the archives reveal the names of the murderers who shaped the era through violence.

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