murder
/ˈmɜːdə(ɹ)/
- phonetics
- /ˈmɜːdə(ɹ)/
- /ˈmɝ.dɚ/
- noun
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The crime of deliberately killing another person without justification.The defendant was charged with murder.
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The act of deliberate killing of another person or other being without justification, especially with malice aforethought.There have been ten unsolved murders this year alone.
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(in jurisdictions which use the felony murder rule) The commission of an act which abets the commission of a crime the commission of which causes the death of a human.
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(used as a predicative noun) Something terrible to endure.This headache is murder.
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(collective) A group of crows; the collective noun for crows.
- 同義詞 : assassination; homicide; manslaughter; flock;
- verb
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To deliberately kill (a person or persons) without justification, especially with malice aforethought.The woman found dead in her kitchen was murdered by her husband.
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To defeat decisively.Our team is going to murder them.
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To kick someone's ass or chew someone out (used to express one’s anger at somebody).He's torn my best shirt. When I see him, I'll murder him!
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To botch or mangle.
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To devour, ravish.I could murder a hamburger right now.
- 同義詞 : thrash; trounce; wipe the floor with; assassinate; kill; massacre; slaughter; kill;