Killer
Strain
Strain noun - The line of ancestors from whom a person is descended.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
- Later, they're able to identify said-ex's killer because he has the same strain of HIV.
Source: STD Immunity -
Perhaps he's stalling for time while an associate tries to find the evidence that will show who the real killer is, or maybe he's finally just flipped under the strain of the case.
Source: Courtroom Antic -
One of the participants in the Deadly Game in Friday The13th The Jason Strain is a serial killer who apparently disposed of her victims by feeding them to her hogs.
Source: Fed to Pigs
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