English dictionary

murder

/'m/[@]/rd/@/r/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being

noun.act

Synonyms execution slaying

Source: WordNet 3.0
The offense of killing a human being with malice prepense or aforethought, express or implied; intentional and unlawful homicide.

noun

Source: webster1913

kill intentionally and with premeditation

verb.social

Examples
The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered.

Synonyms bump off dispatch hit off polish off remove slay

Source: WordNet 3.0
alter so as to make unrecognizable

verb.change

Examples
The tourists murdered the French language.

Synonyms mangle mutilate

Source: WordNet 3.0
To kill with premediated malice; to kill (a human being) willfully, deliberately, and unlawfully. See <u>Murder</u>, <pos><i>n.</i></pos>

verb

Source: webster1913