murder

IPA: mˈɝdɝ

noun

  • (uncountable) The crime of killing a person unlawfully, especially with predetermination.
  • (uncountable, law, in jurisdictions which use the felony murder rule) The act of committing or abetting a crime that results in the killing of a person, regardless of intent, and even if the committer or abettor is not the one who killed the person: felony murder.
  • (countable) The act of killing a person (or sometimes another being) unlawfully, especially with predetermination
  • (uncountable, used as a predicative noun) Something terrible to endure.
  • (countable, collective) A group of crows; the collective noun for crows.
  • (dated slang) Something remarkable or impressive.
  • A surname.

verb

  • To kill (a person or persons) unlawfully, especially with predetermination
  • (transitive, sports, figuratively, colloquial, hyperbolic) To defeat decisively.
  • (figuratively, colloquial, hyperbolic) To kick someone's ass or chew someone out (used to express one’s anger at somebody).
  • To botch or mangle.
  • (figuratively, colloquial, Britain) To devour, ravish.
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Examples of "murder" in Sentences

  • Another foreigner murdered.
  • Murder victim's family ransack girl's house.
  • The murderer has indirectly confessed to the crime.
  • The murder victim is the wife of a young billionaire.
  • The murdered victim was one of the founders of the Indian Posse.
  • Most of the article is about the murderer, the murder, and the trial.
  • He almost caught the murderer of the women, but the murderer eluded Gramm.
  • Felony murder is typically the same grade of murder as premeditated murder.
  • After the murder, the ringleader bragged to his girlfriend about the murder.
  • A woman accused of murdering her husband with a pair of scissors said she did not mean to kill or injure him.

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