Punish Murderer Soundly

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Updated: October 14, 2023

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	99%	4		Exact Match!
	noun • a stick that people can lean on to help them walk • a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane • a stiff switch, used to hit (usually students) as punishment verb • beat with a cane
	24%	9		Murderer of Agamemnon in Greek mythology
	noun • (Greek mythology) the seducer of Clytemnestra and murderer of Agamemnon who usurped the throne of Mycenae until Agamemnon's son Orestes returned home and killed him
	24%	11		Murderer who uses suffocation as a method
	noun • a manually operated device for extinguishing small fires

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