Definition of murder

noun (n)

• unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being (noun.act)

  Synonym: execution, slaying
  

  source: wordnet30
• The offense of killing a human being with malice prepense or aforethought, express or implied; intentional and unlawful homicide. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• kill intentionally and with premeditation (verb.social)

  Synonym: bump off, dispatch, hit, off, polish off, remove, slay
  

  Example:
  The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered.
  

  source: wordnet30
• alter so as to make unrecognizable (verb.change)

  Synonym: mangle, mutilate
  

  Example:
  The tourists murdered the French language.
  

  source: wordnet30
• To kill with premediated malice; to kill (a human being) willfully, deliberately, and unlawfully. See Murder, n. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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