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murder


Definition: Meaning of, murder in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈməːdə /

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murder murders
  1. [uncountable and countable] the crime of deliberately killing someone [↪  manslaughter]
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  2. get away with murder informal to do anything you want, even things that are wrong, without being punished
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  3. be murder spoken to be very difficult or unpleasant
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  4. be murder on something spoken to harm or damage something else
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murder murdered murdered
Present Participle Third Person Singular
murdering murders
[transitive]
  1. to kill someone deliberately and illegally
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  2. informal to spoil a song, play etc by performing it very badly
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  3. somebody will murder you spoken used to tell someone that another person will be very angry with them
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  4. I could murder a beer/pizza etc British English spoken used to say that you are very hungry or thirsty and want a particular food or drink
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  5. informal to defeat someone completely
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murder used in phrases

  • Murder of Roger Ackroyd, The
    1. a famous DETECTIVE story by Agatha CHRISTIE . When the book was published in 1926, it caused a lot of CONTROVERSY (= serious disagreement) among readers because the NARRATOR is shown to be the murderer at the end of the story. Some people thought that CHRISTIE was cheating by using this type of PLOT .
  • blue murder (noun)
    1. an extravagantly loud outcry
  • like blue murder (adverb)
    1. at top speed
  • mass murder (noun)
    1. the savage and excessive killing of many people
  • murder charge (noun)
    1. an indictment charging someone with murder
  • murder conviction (noun)
    1. law conviction for murder
  • murder indictment (noun)
    1. an indictment charging someone with murder
  • murder mystery (noun)
    1. a narrative about a murder and how the murderer is discovered
  • murder suspect (noun)
    1. someone suspected of committing murder
  • race murder (noun)
    1. the systematic killing of people on the basis of ethnicity, religion, political opinion, social status, etc.
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