mass murderer

/mæs ˌmʌrdərər/
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Other forms: mass murderers

Definitions of mass murderer
  1. noun
    a person who is responsible for the deaths of many victims in a single incident
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    type of:
    liquidator, manslayer, murderer
    a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)
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