murdering
Committing unlawful homicide
Murdering is the present participle of murder—the unlawful killing of another person with intent.
Beyond its literal sense, murdering describes doing extreme violence to something: He's murdering that song, She's murdering the English language.
In slang, murdering can mean dominating or excelling: That comedian is murdering tonight.
Savagely harsh or severe
- savageFierce and untamed
- viciousCruelly aggressive in nature
- bloodshedKilling and wounding
- carnageWidespread violent death
slaughter · bloodthirsty · merciless · ruthless · ferocious · barbaric · gruesome · grisly
Causing another's death
- manslaughterUnlawful killing without forethought
- felonySerious criminal offense
- convictionFirmly held belief
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
indictment · sentencing · incarceration · arrest · interrogation · evidence · testimony · witness
Murder of a prominent figure
- regicideMurdering a monarch
- matricideMaternal murder
- patricideMurder of one's father
- fratricideKilling one's own brother
infanticide · genocide · serial killing · spree killing · honor killing · lynching · execution · slaying
One who causes death
- assassinPaid murderer of targets
- slayerOne who kills
- stranglerOne who kills by constriction
- gunmanArmed violent person
hitman · culprit · psychopath · sociopath · thug · villain · convict · fugitive
Unfeeling or externally heated
- calculatedFigured out mathematically
- deliberateConsciously chosen, not accidental
- intentionalDone on purpose
- plottingDevising a secret plan
scheming · conspiracy · malice aforethought · orchestrated · planned · methodical · forethought · premeditation
brutal
Savagely harsh or severe
carnage · slaughter · bloodthirsty · merciless · ruthless · ferocious · barbaric · gruesome · grisly · stabbing
homicide
Causing another's death
- manslaughterUnlawful killing without forethought
- felonySerious criminal offense
- convictionFirmly held belief
prosecution · indictment · sentencing · incarceration · arrest · interrogation · evidence · testimony · witness · verdict
assassination
Murder of a prominent figure
fratricide · infanticide · genocide · serial killing · spree killing · honor killing · lynching · execution · slaying
killer
One who causes death
gunman · hitman · culprit · psychopath · sociopath · thug · villain · convict · fugitive
cold-blooded
Unfeeling or externally heated
- calculatedFigured out mathematically
- deliberateConsciously chosen, not accidental
- intentionalDone on purpose
plotting · scheming · conspiracy · malice aforethought · orchestrated · planned · methodical · forethought · premeditation · cunning
- eliminatingeliminating, eradicating, wiping out, exterminating, abolishing
murderingsaving
Reserving for future use
rescuing · resuscitating · healing · protecting · reviving
murderingmerciful
Disposed toward forgiveness
compassionate · benevolent · kind · humane · tenderhearted
murderingpeaceful
Free from disturbance
peaceable · peacemaking · pacifying · pacific · mollifying
- axe murderingHomicide by bladed chopping tool