murdernoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˈmɜː.dər/us/ˈmɝː.dɚ/B1 the crime of intentionally killing a person:
Two sisters have been charged with (= officially accused of) murder.
There were three murders in the town last year.
The three were convicted of (= proved guilty of) murder.
a murder weapon (= a weapon used to commit a murder)
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manslaughter
suicide
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- The newspaper article included a gruesome description of the murder.
- He was imprisoned in 1965 for attempted murder.
- He was imprisoned in 1945 for the brutal murder of a twelve-year old girl.
- He has admitted committing several crimes, including two murders.
- He died in mysterious circumstances, and there is still a possibility that it was murder.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Murder & attempted murder
- assassinate
- assassination
- attempt
- blow sb away
- blow sb's brains out idiom
- bump
- dispatch
- lynch
- lynch law
- manslaughter
- martyr
- martyred
- necklace
- poison
- slain
- slay
- slaying
- slew 1
- snuff sb out
- throttle
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Idiom(s)
be murder
be murder on sth
murderverb [ T ]
uk/ˈmɜː.dər/us/ˈmɝː.dɚ/B1 to commit the crime of intentionally killing a person:
Her husband was murdered by gunmen as she watched.
In the last year, terrorists have murdered several local journalists.
informal If you say you will or could murder someone, you mean you are very angry with them:
If he's late again, I'll murder him!
informal to do or perform something very badly, so that you spoil it completely:
karaoke singers who murder pop classics
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- She had murdered or connived at the murder of one of her lovers.
- She has been charged with conspiracy to murder.
- He'd do anything to cover his ass, including lie, cheat and murder.
- He murdered his victims with a crowbar.
- His daughter was murdered by a drug addict.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Murder & attempted murder
- assassinate
- assassination
- attempt
- blow sb away
- blow sb's brains out idiom
- bump
- dispatch
- lynch
- lynch law
- manslaughter
- martyr
- martyred
- necklace
- poison
- slain
- slay
- slaying
- slew 1
- snuff sb out
- throttle
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Angry and displeased
Idiom(s)
could murder sth