murder
noun
[ ˈməːdə ]
• the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another.
• "the brutal murder of a German holidaymaker"
Similar:
killing,
homicide,
assassination,
liquidation,
extermination,
execution,
slaughter,
butchery,
massacre,
manslaughter,
patricide,
matricide,
parricide,
fratricide,
sororicide,
filicide,
infanticide,
uxoricide,
regicide,
slaying,
• a very difficult or unpleasant task or experience.
• "the 40-mile-per-hour winds at the summit were murder"
• a group of crows.
• "a murder of crows flew past the window"
murder
verb
• kill (someone) unlawfully and with premeditation.
• "he was accused of murdering his wife's lover"
Similar:
kill,
put/do to death,
assassinate,
execute,
liquidate,
eliminate,
neutralize,
dispatch,
butcher,
cut to pieces,
slaughter,
massacre,
wipe out,
mow down,
bump off,
do in,
do away with,
do for,
knock off,
blow away,
blow someone's brains out,
stiff,
take out,
top,
croak,
give someone the works,
dispose of,
hit,
zap,
ice,
rub out,
smoke,
waste,
off,
whack,
scrag,
terminate,
slay,
• punish severely or be very angry with.
• "my father will murder me if I'm home late"
Origin:
Old English morthor, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch moord and German Mord, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit mará ‘death’ and Latin mors ; reinforced in Middle English by Old French murdre .
