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Murdered has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Verb
1

simple past tense and past participle of murder

"The detective investigated the case after finding out that the wealthy businessman had been murdered in his own home last night."

In plain English: Murdered means someone was killed intentionally and violently by another person.

"The gangsters murdered the rival leader in an alleyway last night."

Adjective
1

killed unlawfully

"the murdered woman"

"lay a wreath on murdered Lincoln's bier"

2

That has been murdered.

"The entire team was murdered in a single, brutal attack at the remote cabin."

Example Sentences
"The gangsters murdered the rival leader in an alleyway last night." verb
"The old house was rumored to be haunted because someone claimed it was murdered by its previous owner in the basement." verb
"He felt so guilty that he imagined his secrets were murdered under the weight of public scrutiny." verb
"Her reputation was effectively murdered when the scandal broke across all the news outlets." verb
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