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Definition of Murder
1. Noun. Unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being.
Generic synonyms: Homicide
Specialized synonyms: Assassination, Bloodshed, Gore, Contract Killing, Parricide, Mariticide, Fratricide, Uxoricide, Filicide, Elimination, Liquidation, Butchery, Carnage, Mass Murder, Massacre, Slaughter, Lynching, Regicide, Dry-gulching, Hit, Infanticide, Shoot-down, Tyrannicide, Thuggee
Derivative terms: Execute, Murderous, Slay
2. Verb. Kill intentionally and with premeditation. "Sam cannot murder Sue "; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"
Generic synonyms: Kill
Specialized synonyms: Burke, Execute
Derivative terms: Dispatch, Hit, Murderer, Slayer, Slaying
3. Verb. Alter so as to make unrecognizable. "The tourists murdered the French language"
Definition of Murder
1. n. The offense of killing a human being with malice prepense or aforethought, express or implied; intentional and unlawful homicide.
2. v. t. To kill with premediated malice; to kill (a human being) willfully, deliberately, and unlawfully. See Murder,
Definition of Murder
1. to kill unlawfully with premeditated malice [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Murder
1. 1. To kill with premediated malice; to kill (a human being) willfully, deliberately, and unlawfully. See Murder. 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. Synonym: To kill, assassinate, slay. See Kill. Origin: OE. Mortheren, murtheren, AS. Myrrian; akin to OHG. Murdiren, Goth. Maorrjan. See Murder. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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