murder /mûrˈdər/, also (now dialect) murther /-dhər/

1. The act of intentionally and unlawfully killing a person
2. Excessive or reprehensible slaughter that is not legally murder
3. Torture, excessive toil or hardship (hyperbole)
4. A collective term for a number of crows

1. To kill (usu a person) unlawfully with malice aforethought
2. To slaughter
3. To torture (hyperbole)
4. To beat, defeat utterly (informal)
5. To destroy (informal)
6. To spoil by performing badly (informal)
7. To consume voraciously (informal)

murdereeˈ noun

The victim, or intended victim, of a murderer

murˈderer (obsolete or dialect murˈtherer) noun

1. (also fem murˈderess) a person who murders, or is guilty of murder
2. A small cannon (also murˈdering-piece obsolete)

murˈderous adjective

murˈderously adverb

murˈderousness noun

cry or scream blue murder see under blue¹

get away with murder

To do as one pleases yet escape punishment or censure

murder will out

1. Murder cannot remain hidden
2. The truth will come to light

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