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murderable

murderable adjective: capable of, or suitable for, being murdered.

Adjective

murderable (comparative more murderable, superlative most murderable)

  1. Capable of, or suitable for, being murdered.
    • And a man who is murderable is a man who in a profound if hidden lust desires to be murdered.1920, D. H. Lawrence, Women in love

Forms of murderable

comparativemore murderable
superlativemost murderable

Origin of murderable

From murder + -able.

Words formed from murderable

Questions about murderable

What does murderable mean?
Murderable means capable of, or suitable for, being murdered.
What part of speech is murderable?
Murderable is an adjective.

Words near murderable in the dictionary

  1. murder-hole
  2. murder-holes
  3. murder-suicide
  4. murder-suicides
  5. murderabilia
  6. murderable
  7. Murderapolis
  8. murderate
  9. murderated
  10. murderates
  11. murderating

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