Defenition of the word murder
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Defenition of the word murder
- To purposely end the life of another human being.
- To deliberately and purposely end the life of a political, public or other significant figure, usually publically.
- The intentional or premeditated killing of another person.
- To unlawfully and intentionally kill another human being.
- "The tourists murdered the French language"
- unlawful premeditated killing of a human being
- kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"
- unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
- alter so as to make unrecognizable; "The tourists murdered the French language"
- alter so as to make unrecognizable
- kill intentionally and with premeditation
Synonyms for the word murder
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- bump off
- dispatch
- hit
- homicide
- mangle
- mutilate
- polish off
- remove
- slay
- slaying
Hyponyms for the word murder
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- assassination
- blood
- bloodshed
- burke
- butchery
- carnage
- contract killing
- dry-gulching
- elimination
- execute
- filicide
- fratricide
- gore
- hit
- infanticide
- liquidation
- lynching
- mariticide
- mass murder
- massacre
- parricide
- regicide
- shoot-down
- slaughter
- thuggee
- tyrannicide
- uxoricide
Hypernyms for the word murder
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- disfigure
- distort
- falsify
- garble
- homicide
- kill
- killing
- putting to death
- warp
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