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Definitions for Murder

[1] Law . the killing of another human being under conditions specifically covered in law. In the U.S., special statutory definitions include murder committed with malice aforethought, characterized by deliberation or premeditation or occurring during the commission of another serious crime, as robbery or arson (first-degree murder, or murder one) , and murder by intent but without deliberation or premeditation (second-degree murder, or murder two) .
[2] Slang . something extremely difficult or perilous: That final exam was murder!
[3] a group or flock of crows.
[4] Law . to kill by an act constituting murder.
[5] to kill or slaughter inhumanly or barbarously.
[6] to spoil or mar by bad performance, representation, pronunciation, etc.: The tenor murdered the aria.
[7] to commit murder.
[8] get away with murder , Informal . to engage in a deplorable activity without incurring harm or punishment: The new baby-sitter lets the kids get away with murder.
[9] murder will out , a secret will eventually be exposed.
[10] yell /scream bloody murder , to scream loudly in pain, fear, etc. to protest loudly and angrily: If I don't get a good raise I'm going to yell bloody murder.
[11] the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another Compare manslaughter, homicide
[12] informal something dangerous, difficult, or unpleasant driving around London is murder
[13] cry blue murder informal to make an outcry
[14] get away with murder informal to escape censure; do as one pleases
[15] (also intr) to kill (someone) unlawfully with premeditation or during the commission of a crime
[16] to kill brutally
[17] informal to destroy; ruin he murdered her chances of happiness
[18] informal to defeat completely; beat decisively the home team murdered their opponents

Words related to Murder

homicide, lynching, massacre, felony, crime, destruction, bloodshed, shooting, manslaughter, assassination, terrorism, shoot, execute, slay, slaughter, butcher, exterminate, destroy, assassinate, behead

Words nearby Murder

murchison, murchison falls, murcia, murcott, murdabad, murder, murder in the cathedral, murder one, murder two, murder will out, murderball

Origin of Murder

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English mo(u)rdre, murder, variant (influenced by Old French murdre, from Germanic ) of murthre; see murther

Words that may be confused with Murder

homicide, manslaughter, murder, execute, kill1, murder, (see, synonym, study, at, kill1)

Other words from Murder

self-mur·der , noun
self-mur·dered , adjective

Word origin for Murder

Old English morthor; related to Old English morth, Old Norse morth, Latin mors death; compare French meurtre

Synonyms for Murder

assassination, bloodshed, crime, destruction, felony, homicide, lynching, manslaughter, massacre, shooting, slaying, terrorism, annihilation, blood, butchery, carnage, death, dispatching, hit, knifing, liquidation, off, offing, foul play, one-way ticket, rub out, taking out, the business, the works