# murdered

Pronunciation: US say "MUR-derd" /ˈmɝ.dɚd/; UK say "MUR-duhd" /ˈmɜːdəd/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of murder. — simple past and past participle of murder
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of murder. Use this form for something that already happened, or after words like 'has' and 'was'.
   - _The dictator murdered thousands of his own citizens._
   - _She was murdered by someone she trusted._

## Adjective

2. Having been the victim of murder; killed unlawfully and deliberately by another person.
   - Simple: Killed by another person on purpose and against the law.
   - _The murdered diplomat had received threats for months before his death._
   - _A small memorial now stands where the murdered protesters fell._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/murdered (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).