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  • adjective Capable of, or suitable for, being murdered.

Etymologies

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murder +‎ -able

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Examples

  • Given the gravity of murder, it is important that the law be clear about who is and is not “murderable” – that is, what sorts of actions constitute murder and what sorts do not.

    Matthew Yglesias » Things I Did Not Know 2007

  • You wander from place to place and proceed to get your murder on with pretty much everyone you come across; in between all the good-times-killin' you can go searching for funny in the nearby scenery, and have hilarious dialogues with those few NPCs you come across who are non-murderable.

    Archive 2008-11-01 Greg Tannahill 2008

  • You wander from place to place and proceed to get your murder on with pretty much everyone you come across; in between all the good-times-killin' you can go searching for funny in the nearby scenery, and have hilarious dialogues with those few NPCs you come across who are non-murderable.

    Penny Arcade Episode 2 Greg Tannahill 2008

  • Lords of the Holds needed this reminder that they still must deal with dragons, not just with riders, who were men, mortal and murderable.

    DragonFlight McCaffrey, Anne 1968

  • And a man who is murderable is a man who in a profound if hidden lust desires to be murdered. '

    Women in Love 1907

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