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murderer

noun
🔊/ˈmɜːdərə(r)/
🔊/ˈmɜːrdərər/
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  1. a person who has killed somebody deliberately and illegally杀人犯；杀人凶手 synonym killer
    • A convicted murderer was on the run last night.昨晚一名被判有罪的凶手在逃。
    • a mass murderer (= who has killed a lot of people)杀死很多人的凶手
    Extra Examples
    • Does the death penalty deter would-be murderers?死刑能够阻止有谋杀企图者作恶杀人吗？
    • He protested his innocence and promised to help police track down the real murderer.他声称自己无辜，并答应帮助警方抓到真凶。
    • The identity of her murderer has not yet been revealed.杀害她的凶手身分还未查明。
    • The murderer has struck again.凶手又一次作案。
    • How do we know he's not a mass murderer?我们怎么知道他不是个杀人狂呢？
    Topics Crime and punishmentb1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • accused
    • alleged
    • suspected
    • …
    verb + murderer
    • hunt
    • hunt down
    • hunt for
    • …
    murderer + verb
    • strike
    • kill somebody
    phrases
    • bring a murderer to justice
    • the identity of the murderer
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