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Definition of "murder-suicide" []

  • A murder in which the killer also commits suicide. (noun)

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Use "murder-suicide" in a sentence
  • "Eventually her husband discovered it and was so emotionally wounded and embarrassed, he committed what is known as a murder-suicide."
  • "RCMP push back a Pontiac Sunfire before having it removed from the scene of what police are calling a murder-suicide where a gunman allegedly shot and killed three people, injured another, and then shot himself alongside of Highway 2 about one kilometre north of Claresholm, Alta. on Thursday, December 15, 2011."
  • "Vigils will be held Friday and Sunday for two Mississauga high school students who died last week in what police are calling a murder-suicide, with peers of the boy who is believed to have killed his friend insisting his death be treated as a tragedy."