present participle
Deliberately and illegally killing another person as an action in progress.
The gang is murdering innocent people.
Police caught the suspect murdering a shopkeeper.
American English
How to pronounce murdering
verb · nounB2Very common word
MERdderihng
/ˈmɚ.ɾɚ.ɪŋ/
3 syllables · Stress the first syllable.
Form of murder
Murdering can describe an action in progress or name the action itself.
Deliberately and illegally killing another person as an action in progress.
Practice out loudMeanings & examples
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The act of deliberately and illegally killing another person.
Murdering innocent people is a serious crime.
She admitted murdering her husband.
Useful expressions
a story about a murder and the search for the killer
We watched a murder mystery last night.
an object used to kill someone
The knife was found near the body and may be the murder weapon.
to kill someone deliberately and illegally
He was convicted of committing murder.