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Murder

noun
/ˈmɜːdə(ɹ)/
Word Frequency: 20.2

Definitions

1.nounThe crime of deliberately killing another person without justification.
"The defendant was charged with murder."
2.nounThe act of deliberate killing of another person or other being without justification, especially with malice aforethought.
"There have been ten unsolved murders this year alone."
3.noun(in jurisdictions which use the felony murder rule) The commission of an act which abets the commission of a crime the commission of which causes the death of a human.
4.noun(used as a predicative noun) Something terrible to endure.
"This headache is murder."
5.noun(collective) A group of crows; the collective noun for crows.
6.verbTo deliberately kill (a person or persons) without justification, especially with malice aforethought.
"The woman found dead in her kitchen was murdered by her husband."
7.verbTo defeat decisively.
"Our team is going to murder them."
8.verbTo kick someone's ass or chew someone out (used to express one’s anger at somebody).
"He's torn my best shirt. When I see him, I'll murder him!"
9.verbTo botch or mangle.
10.verbTo devour, ravish.
"I could murder a hamburger right now."

Synonyms

assassinationhomicidemanslaughterflockthrashtrouncewipe the floor withassassinatekillmassacreslaughterslaying

Rhymes With

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