SERIAL MURDERER Synonyms

There are 18 synonyms of the phrase serial murderer. (exact relations)
There are 3 hypernyms of the phrase serial murderer. (close relations)

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Definition of SERIAL MURDERER


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	assassin				nounn
	noun • a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed • a member of a secret order of Muslims (founded in the 12th century) who terrorized and killed Christian Crusaders
	butcher				verb, nounv, n
	noun • a retailer of meat • a brutal indiscriminate murderer • a person who slaughters or dresses meat for market • someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence verb • kill (animals) usually for food consumption
	destroyer				nounn
	noun • a small fast lightly armored but heavily armed warship • a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to
	executioner				nounn
	noun • an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant
	exterminator				nounn
	noun • someone who exterminates (especially someone whose occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and insects)
	fiend				nounn
	noun • a cruel wicked and inhuman person • an evil supernatural being • a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a cause)
	gunman				nounn
	noun • a professional killer who uses a gun • a person who shoots a gun (as regards their ability)
	hitman				nounn
	noun • a professional killer who uses a gun
	homicide				nounn
	noun • the killing of a human being by another human being
	killer				nounn
	noun • someone who causes the death of a person or animal • the causal agent resulting in death • a difficulty that is hard to deal with • predatory black-and-white toothed whale with large dorsal fin; common in cold seas
	man-eater				noun, adjectiven, adj
	noun • a person who eats human flesh • large aggressive shark widespread in warm seas; known to attack humans
	maniac				noun, adjectiven, adj
	noun • an insane person • a person who has an obsession with or excessive enthusiasm for something adjective satellite • wildly disordered
	psychopath				nounn
	noun • someone with a sociopathic personality; a person with an antisocial personality disorder (`psychopath' was once widely used but has now been superseded by `sociopath')
	slayer				nounn
	noun • someone who causes the death of a person or animal
	strangler				nounn
	noun • an epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the tree • someone who kills by strangling
	terminate				verbv
	verb • bring to an end or halt • have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical • be the end of; be the last or concluding part of • terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
	mass murderer				noun, adjectiven, adj
	noun • a person who is responsible for the deaths of many victims in a single incident
	serial killer				nounn
	noun • someone who murders more than three victims one at a time in a relatively short interval

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