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1. (n.) murder
the unlawful killing of a person, esp. when done with deliberation or premeditation or occurring during the commission of another serious crime
2. murder
something extremely difficult or unpleasant: That exam was murder!
3. (v.t.) murder
to kill by an act constituting murder.
4. murder
to kill or slaughter barbarously.
5. murder
to spoil or mar through incompetence: The singer murdered the aria.
6. murder
Informal. to defeat thoroughly.
7. (v.i.) murder
to commit murder.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME mo(u)rdre, murder, var. (influenced by OF murdre < Gmc) of murthremurther)
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| Definition of 'Murder' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) murder, slaying, execution
unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
2. (verb) murder, slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, off, polish off, remove
kill intentionally and with premeditation
"The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"
3. (verb) mangle, mutilate, murder
alter so as to make unrecognizable
"The tourists murdered the French language"
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1. (noun) murder
the act or crime of killing sb
three recent murders; the punishment for murder; a murder case/trial
2. murder
commit murder
to kill sb
to be accused of committing murder
3. murder
mass murder
the murder of many people
4. murder
get away with murder
to do anything you want to without being stopped or punished
She lets her kids get away with murder.
5. (verb) murder
to kill sb
He murdered his wife with a knife.; a man murdered by the local gang
6. murder
sb will murder sb
indicates that sb will be very angry with sb
Mom will murder you when she finds out.
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| Definition of 'Murder' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Murder
the offense of killing a human being with malice prepense or aforethought, express or implied; intentional and unlawful homicide
2. (noun) Murder
to kill with premediated malice; to kill (a human being) willfully, deliberately, and unlawfully. See Murder, n
3. (noun) Murder
to destroy; to put an end to
4. (noun) Murder
to mutilate, spoil, or deform, as if with malice or cruelty; to mangle; as, to murder the king's English
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Sense: (an act of) killing a person on purpose and illegally
The police are treating his death as a case of murder; an increase in the number of murders.
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 Afrikaans: moord |
 Arabic: قَتْل عَمْدي |
 Bulgarian: убийство |
 Brazilian: assassinato |
 Czech: vražda |
 German: der Mord |
 Danish: mord |
 Greek: δολοφονία |
 Spanish: asesinato, homicidio |
 Estonian: mõrv |
 Farsi: قتل عمدى |
 Finnish: murha |
 French: meurtre |
 Hebrew: רֶצַח |
 Hindi: हत्या |
 Croatian: ubojstvo |
 Hungarian: gyilkosság |
 Indonesian: pembunuhan |
 Icelandic: morð |
 Italian: assassinio |
 Japanese: 殺人 |
 Korean: 살인 |
 Lithuanian: žmogžudystė, (tyčinis) nu |
 Latvian: slepkavība |
 Malay: pembunuhan |
 Dutch: moord |
 Norwegian: mord |
 Polish: morderstwo |
 Persian: قتل عمدى |
 Pashto: عمدی قتل |
 Portuguese: assassínio |
 Romanian: crimă |
 Russian: умышленное убийство |
 Slovak: vražda |
 Slovenian: umor |
 Serbian: ubistvo |
 Swedish: mord |
 Thai: การฆาตกรรม |
 Turkish: cinayet (işleme) |
 Taiwanese: 謀殺 |
 Ukrainian: убивство |
 Urdu: قتل |
 Vietnamese: kẻ sát nhân |
 Chinese: 谋杀 |
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