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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sec′ond-degree mur′der, [Law.]- Crime, LawSee under murder (def. 1).
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mur•der /ˈmɜrdɚ/USA pronunciation n. - Lawmakingthe unlawful killing of a person, esp. when done deliberately: [uncountable]guilty of murder.[countable]an increase in the number of murders.
- Slang TermsInformal. something extremely difficult or unpleasant:[uncountable* be + ~]The final exam was murder!
v. - Slang Termsto kill (a person) unlawfully and deliberately: [~ + object]He murdered his wife and children.[no object]The troops murdered and looted as they swept through the towns.
- to spoil or mar through incompetence:[~ + object]The singer murdered that last song.
- [Informal.]to defeat thoroughly:[~ + object]The home team murdered their opponents 60-0.
Idioms- get away with murder, to do something very harmful, damaging, immoral, etc., and not to be punished:Just because she's famous, she thinks that she can get away with murder.
mur•der•er, n. [countable] mur•der•ess, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mur•der (mûr′dər),USA pronunciation n. - Lawmakingthe killing of another human being under conditions specifically covered in law. In the U.S., special statutory definitions include murder committed with malice aforethought, characterized by deliberation or premeditation or occurring during the commission of another serious crime, as robbery or arson (first-degree murder,) and murder by intent but without deliberation or premeditation (second-degree murder).
- Slang Termssomething extremely difficult or perilous:That final exam was murder!
- a group or flock of crows.
- Idioms, Informal Termsget away with murder, [Informal.]to engage in a deplorable activity without incurring harm or punishment:The new baby-sitter lets the kids get away with murder.
- Idiomsmurder will out, a secret will eventually be exposed.
- Idiomsyell or scream bloody murder:
- to scream loudly in pain, fear, etc.
- to protest loudly and angrily:If I don't get a good raise I'm going to yell bloody murder.
v.t. - Slang Terms[Law.]to kill by an act constituting murder.
- to kill or slaughter inhumanly or barbarously.
- to spoil or mar by bad performance, representation, pronunciation, etc.:The tenor murdered the aria.
v.i. - to commit murder.
- Gmc) of murthre murther
- Middle English mo(u)rdre, murder, variant (influenced by Old French murdre 1300–50
- 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See kill 1.
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