murder
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/ˈmɜːdə(ɹ)/
English
Definitions
noun
- The crime of deliberately killing another person without justification.“The defendant was charged with murder.”
- The 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.”
- (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.
- (used as a predicative noun) Something terrible to endure.“This headache is murder.”
verb
- To deliberately kill (a person or persons) without justification, especially with malice aforethought.“The woman found dead in her kitchen was murdered by her husband.”
- To defeat decisively.“Our team is going to murder them.”
- To 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!”
- To botch or mangle.
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