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Murder

Murder Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Murder? [n] unlawful premeditated killing of a human being [v] alter so as to make unrecognizable; "The tourists murdered the French language" [v] kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Murder: bump off \| dispatch \| execution \| hit \| homicide \| mangle \| mutilate \| polish off \| remove \| slay \| slaying Related Terms \| Find terms related to Murder: abate \| abolish \| annihilate \| asphyxiate \| assassinate \| assassination \| be all thumbs \| behead \| blood \| bloodshed \| bloody murder \| blot out \| blunder \| blunder away \| blunder into \| blunder on \| blunder upon \| boggle \| botch \| bumble \| bump off \| bumping-off \| bungle \| butcher \| butchery \| carnage \| commit a gaffe \| cool \| decapitate \| decimation \| destroy \| do in \| dust off \| electrocute \| eliminate \| elimination \| eradicate \| eradication \| execute \| exterminate \| extermination \| extinguish \| faux pas \| finish \| flounder \| foul play \| fratricide \| fumble \| garrote \| genocide \| get rid of \| guillotine \| hang \| homicide \| ice \| infanticide \| kill \| killing \| knock off \| lay low \| liquidate \| liquidation \| lumber \| lynch \| mangle \| manslaughter \| mar \| massacre \| matricide \| miscue \| muddle \| muff \| murdering \| mutilate \| parricide \| patricide \| play havoc with \| polish off \| purge \| purging \| put away \| put down \| put to death \| regicide \| removal \| remove \| root out \| rub out \| ruin \| scrag \| slaughter \| slay \| slaying \| slip \| smother \| snuff out \| sororicide \| spoil \| strangle \| stumble \| thuggee \| thuggery \| thuggism \| trip \| uproot \| uxoricide \| waste \| wipe out \| wiping out \| wreck See Also \| assassination \| blood \| bloodshed \| burke \| butchery \| carnage \| distort \| dry-gulching \| elimination \| execute \| falsify \| fratricide \| garble \| gore \| hit \| infanticide \| kill \| kill \| killing \| liquidation \| mass murder \| massacre \| parricide \| putting to death \| shoot-down \| slaughter \| thuggee \| tyrannicide \| warp Murder In Webster's Dictionary \Mur"der\, n. [OE. morder, morther, AS. mor[eth]or, fr. mor[eth] murder; akin to D. moord, OS. mor[eth], G., Dan., & Sw. mord, Icel. mor[eth], Goth. ma['u]r[thorn]r, OSlav. mr[=e]ti to die, Lith. mirti, W. marw dead, L. mors, mortis, death, mori, moriri, to die, Gr. broto`s (for mroto`s) mortal, 'a`mbrotos immortal, Skr. m[.r] to die, m[.r]ta death. [root]105. Cf. {Amaranth}, {Ambrosia}, {Mortal}.] The offense of killing a human being with malice prepense or aforethought, express or implied; intentional and unlawful homicide. ``Mordre will out.'' --Chaucer. The killing of their children had, in the account of God, the guilt of murder, as the offering them to idols had the guilt of idolatry. --Locke. Slaughter grows murder when it goes too far. --Dryden. Note: Murder in the second degree, in most jurisdictions, is a malicious homicide committed without a specific intention to take life. --Wharton. \Mur"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Murdered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Murdering}.] [OE. mortheren, murtheren, AS. myr?rian; akin to OHG. murdiren, Goth. ma['u]r?rjan. See {Murder}, n.] 1. To kill with premediated malice; to kill (a human being) willfully, deliberately, and unlawfully. See {Murder}, n. 2. To destroy; to put an end to. [Canst thou] murder thy breath in middle of a word? --Shak. 3. To mutilate, spoil, or deform, as if with malice or cruelty; to mangle; as, to murder the king's English. Syn: To kill; assassinate; slay. See {Kill}.

Murder Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Murder?

[n] unlawful premeditated killing of a human being
[v] alter so as to make unrecognizable; "The tourists murdered the French language"
[v] kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"

Murder In Webster's Dictionary

\Mur"der\, n. [OE. morder, morther, AS. mor[eth]or, fr.
mor[eth] murder; akin to D. moord, OS. mor[eth], G., Dan., &
Sw. mord, Icel. mor[eth], Goth. ma['u]r[thorn]r, OSlav.
mr[=e]ti to die, Lith. mirti, W. marw dead, L. mors, mortis,
death, mori, moriri, to die, Gr. broto`s (for mroto`s)
mortal, 'a`mbrotos immortal, Skr. m[.r] to die, m[.r]ta
death. [root]105. Cf. {Amaranth}, {Ambrosia}, {Mortal}.]
The offense of killing a human being with malice prepense or
aforethought, express or implied; intentional and unlawful
homicide. ``Mordre will out.'' --Chaucer.

      The killing of their children had, in the account of
      God, the guilt of murder, as the offering them to idols
      had the guilt of idolatry.               --Locke.

      Slaughter grows murder when it goes too far. --Dryden.

Note: Murder in the second degree, in most jurisdictions, is
      a malicious homicide committed without a specific
      intention to take life. --Wharton.


\Mur"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Murdered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Murdering}.] [OE. mortheren, murtheren, AS. myr?rian;
akin to OHG. murdiren, Goth. ma['u]r?rjan. See {Murder}, n.]
1. To kill with premediated malice; to kill (a human being)
   willfully, deliberately, and unlawfully. See {Murder}, n.

2. To destroy; to put an end to.

         [Canst thou] murder thy breath in middle of a word?
                                               --Shak.

3. To mutilate, spoil, or deform, as if with malice or
   cruelty; to mangle; as, to murder the king's English.

Syn: To kill; assassinate; slay. See {Kill}.

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