murder
noun
1. unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
Similar word(s): execution, slaying
Definition categories: act, homicide
Sentences with murder as a noun:
- There have been ten unsolved murders this year alone.
- The defendant was charged with murder.
- This headache is murder.
verb
1. kill intentionally and with premeditation
- The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered
Similar word(s): dispatch, hit, off, remove, slay
Definition categories: social, kill
2. alter so as to make unrecognizable
- The tourists murdered the French language
Similar word(s): mangle, mutilate
Definition categories: change, distort, falsify, garble, warp
Sentences with murder as a verb:
- The woman found dead in her kitchen was murdered by her husband.
- Our team is going to murder them.
- He's torn my best shirt. When I see him, I'll murder him!
- I could murder a hamburger right now.