murdered

verb

past tense of murder
1
as in assassinated
to put to death deliberately those people made me so mad I felt like I wanted to murder them

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2
as in fumbled
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 murdered Lorca was murdered in 1936 during the Spanish Civil War by followers of Francisco Franco, and his body remains undiscovered to this day. — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 1 Sep. 2026 Ideologies held by Kirk and others like him, Miles said, are the reason Black people have been violently murdered. — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Sep. 2026 About 18 months later, he was murdered in Compton over a money dispute, unrelated to Shakur’s murder. — Jeff Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 1 Sep. 2026 The vast majority of the 6 million Jews murdered spoke Yiddish. — Ilan Stavans, The Conversation, 31 Aug. 2026 That winter, Pop was murdered in Los Angeles, shot three times in the torso by home invaders looking for an easy score. — Taran Dugal, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026 Related Stories The story follows Robbie, whose parents were murdered at the hands of notorious gangster Franz Müller in the 90s. — Alex Ritman, Variety, 28 Aug. 2026 Wright Stevens later discovered an earlier interview with him and his sister on a podcast about murdered and missing Indigenous women. — Mackenzie Farkus, Christian Science Monitor, 27 Aug. 2026 Curry is largely there for comic relief, swanning in with a bevy of beauties, challenging Bosley (Bill Murray) to a sumo match, and, sadly, getting murdered by the pool, thus depriving us of Curry’s magnetic presence for the rest of the film. — ArsTechnica, 26 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for murdered
  1. assassinated
  2. fumbled
  3. executed
  4. blew
  5. killed
  6. butchered
  7. ruined
  8. dubbed
Verb
  • After Kirk was assassinated, the Congressional Black Caucus put out a statement condemning political violence.
    — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The judge also cited retaliation against people who were critical of Charlie Kirk after the Turning Point USA co-founder was assassinated last September.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of assassinated
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  • The company, which offers credit cards used to make rent and mortgage payments, had fumbled a critical transition, leading to confusion and financial stress for its customers.
    — Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 31 Aug. 2026
  • On his second drive, Tagovailoa fumbled the snap from center and the Dolphins recovered.
    — Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of fumbled
Verb
  • According to the United Nations, executions have surged over the last six months, with at least 56 people executed on national security charges since mid-March — including 27 linked to protests earlier this year.
    — Greg Myre, NPR, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Code executed during that interruption altered the prediction machinery before the processor could use it.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of executed
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  • It’s been a decade since the company best known for sucking up hair balls and dust bunnies blew with great force into the beauty business.
    — Jenny Bailly, Allure, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Playing the American League’s best team, the Padres had the final two games of the series in hand before the practically impermeable back end of their bullpen blew late leads.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of blew
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  • From Minnesota and Indiana to California and Florida, people across the nation who killed others while speeding are now facing charges that carry life sentences.
    — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Two people were killed, along with the suspect, and five were injured in a Minnesota shooting.
    — Josh Feldman, NBC news, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of killed
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  • Cut marks and scrapes made by flint knives at consistent locations on the bones indicate local humans butchered many of them for meals.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 20 Aug. 2026
  • At the site, excavators found stone tools alongside bones of ancient elephants — and the recent paper, written by archaeologists and paleoanthropologists, suggests the remains were likely deliberately butchered by early human ancestors.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of butchered
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  • Three winemakers earlier this month filed suit against the owner of Hundred Acre Wines, Jayson Woodbridge, and his company alleging that smoke from the wildfire ruined their harvests, the Press Democrat reported.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Authorities in Napa County have charged a man for allegedly setting the 2025 Pickett Fire near Calistoga, which burned thousands of acres of Wine Country and ruined grape harvests because of the smoke.
    — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of ruined
Verb
  • The blaze, dubbed the Pickett fire, started near Calistoga last August and burned 6,800 acres over the course of 17 days, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Once a package or tool was compromised, Shai-Hulud, as the worm was dubbed, attached itself to future package updates.
    — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of dubbed

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“Murdered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/murdered. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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