unmurder

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verb

To bring (somebody murdered) back to life.

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Meanings

verbunmurder (third-person singular simple present unmurders, present participle unmurdering, simple past and past participle unmurdered)

present singular third person unmurders · participle present unmurdering · participle past unmurdered · past unmurdered

  1. raretransitiveTo bring (somebody murdered) back to life.

    To illustrate with a crude parallel, the idea is the following: that one cannot unmurder the murdered and that one cannot unrape the raped.

    2013, Avram Hiller, Ramona Ilea, Leonard Kahn, Consequentialism and Environmental Ethics

Origin

From un- + murder.

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APA

unmurder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unmurder

MLA

“unmurder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unmurder. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unmurder,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unmurder.

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