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English Homophones

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Homophone # 278

murderess         murderous                  

  1. After walking for just ten minutes, those Jimmy Choo shoes were murderous.
  2. Evelyn Dick was a notorious murderess.
  3. After walking for just ten minutes, those Jimmy Choo shoes were murderess.
  4. Evelyn Dick was a notorious murderous.

!Note - Don't confuse murderess with murdress, which describes a battlement in ancient fortifications.

 

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