"murdering" in the verb sense
1. murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, off, polish off, remove
kill intentionally and with premeditation
"The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"
2. mangle, mutilate, murder
alter so as to make unrecognizable
"The tourists murdered the French language"
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