SERIAL KILLER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who murders more than three victims one at a time in a relatively short interval

Synonyms:

serial killer; serial murderer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("serial killer" is a kind of...):

liquidator; manslayer; murderer (a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "serial killer"):

spree killer (a serial killer whose murders occur within a brief period of time)

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