"multimurder" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: multi- + murder Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|multi|murder}} multi- + murder Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} multimurder (not comparable)
  1. Involving more than one murder. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Murder
    Sense id: en-multimurder-en-adj-98swk-2Z Disambiguation of Murder: 66 34 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with multi- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with multi-: 45 55

Noun

Forms: multimurders [plural]
Etymology: multi- + murder Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|multi|murder}} multi- + murder Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} multimurder (countable and uncountable, plural multimurders)
  1. Multiple murders, especially when committed by a single killer. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-multimurder-en-noun-IJIaDnIR Categories (other): English terms prefixed with multi- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with multi-: 45 55

Inflected forms

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