"serial kill" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: serial kills [present, singular, third-person], serial killing [participle, present], serial killed [participle, past], serial killed [past]
Etymology: Back-formation from serial killer. Etymology templates: {{back-form|en|serial killer}} Back-formation from serial killer Head templates: {{en-verb}} serial kill (third-person singular simple present serial kills, present participle serial killing, simple past and past participle serial killed)
  1. (transitive) To kill as part of a series of murders. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Murder

Inflected forms

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