# murdering

Pronunciation: US say "MUR-dur-ing" /ˈmɝ.dəɹ.ɪŋ/; UK say "MUR-duh-ing" /ˈmɜːdə(ɹ)ɪŋ/

## Noun

1. The act of unlawfully and deliberately killing another person.
   - Simple: The act of killing another person on purpose and against the law.
   - _The murdering of unarmed civilians provoked outrage across the country._
   - _Years of murdering had left the gang's leader without a trace of remorse._

## Verb

2. Present participle of murder. — present participle and gerund of murder
   - Simple: The -ing form of murder. Use it after am, is, are, was or were, or to name the action.
   - _Investigators believe the suspect had been murdering victims for years before his arrest._
   - _Murdering a key witness only made the case against him stronger._

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