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murdering

noun B1
  1. The act of committing murder. (countable, uncountable)

Plural murderings

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“What a splendid business that last case of yours was, my dear Villefort!” remarked a third; “I mean the trial of the man for murdering his father.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 50 · C1
When he thought of that rapt light being quenched in her eyes he had an uncomfortable feeling that he was going to assist at murdering something--much the same feeling that came over him when he had to kill a lamb or calf or any other innocent little creature.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 29 · C1
“Well, I’d hardly finished the first verse,” said the Hatter, “when the Queen jumped up and bawled out, ‘He’s murdering the time!
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 53 · B2
“That of murdering their coachman, William Kirwan!”
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 46 · B2

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