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murdered
mur·der M0486300 (mûr′dər)n.1. a. The killing of another person without justification or excuse, especially the crime of killing a person with malice aforethought or with recklessness manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life.b. An instance of such killing.2. Slang Something that is very uncomfortable, difficult, or hazardous: The rush hour traffic is murder.3. A flock of crows.v. mur·dered, mur·der·ing, mur·ders v.tr.1. To kill (another human) in an act of murder.2. To kill brutally or inhumanly: Thousands of civilians were murdered in the bombardment.3. To put an end to; destroy: murdered their chances.4. To spoil by ineptness; mutilate: a speech that murdered the English language.5. Slang To defeat decisively; trounce.v.intr. To commit murder.Idioms: get away with murder Informal To escape punishment for or detection of an egregiously blameworthy act. murder will out Secrets or misdeeds will eventually be disclosed.
[Middle English murther, from Old English morthor; see mer- in Indo-European roots.]Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | murdered - killed unlawfully; "the murdered woman"; "lay a wreath on murdered Lincoln's bier"dead - no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life; "the nerve is dead"; "a dead pallor"; "he was marked as a dead man by the assassin" |
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