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murder-suicide

murder-suicide noun: a murder in which the killer subsequently commits suicide.

Noun

murder-suicide (plural murder-suicides)

  1. A murder in which the killer subsequently commits suicide.
    • Pladl, pictured, ended up killing his daughter, his baby and himself in a triple murder-suicide[.]2018 November 26, Emma Parry, “Woman who fell in love with her brother tells how she’s on a mission to legalise INCEST, allow family members to marry and even have babies together”, in The Sun
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Synonyms of murder-suicide

Forms of murder-suicide

pluralmurder-suicides

Questions about murder-suicide

What does murder-suicide mean?
Murder-suicide means a murder in which the killer subsequently commits suicide.
What part of speech is murder-suicide?
Murder-suicide is a noun.
What is the plural of murder-suicide?
The plural of murder-suicide is murder-suicides.

Words near murder-suicide in the dictionary

  1. murder-hobo
  2. murder-hoboes
  3. murder-hobos
  4. murder-hole
  5. murder-holes
  6. murder-suicide
  7. murder-suicides
  8. murderabilia
  9. murderable
  10. Murderapolis
  11. murderate

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