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1. Meaning 1 · noun

   The crime of deliberately killing another person without justification.

   “The defendant was charged with murder.”

2. Meaning 2 · noun

   The act of deliberate killing of another person or other being without justification, especially with malice aforethought.

   “There have been ten unsolved murders this year alone.”

3. Meaning 3 · noun

   (in jurisdictions which use the felony murder rule) The commission of an act which abets the commission of a crime the commission of which causes the death of a human.

4. Meaning 4 · noun

   (used as a predicative noun) Something terrible to endure.

   “This headache is murder.”

5. Meaning 5 · noun

   (collective) A group of crows; the collective noun for crows.

6. Meaning 6 · verb

   To deliberately kill (a person or persons) without justification, especially with malice aforethought.

   “The woman found dead in her kitchen was murdered by her husband.”

7. Meaning 7 · verb

   To defeat decisively.

   “Our team is going to murder them.”

8. Meaning 8 · verb

   To kick someone's ass or chew someone out (used to express one’s anger at somebody).

   “He's torn my best shirt. When I see him, I'll murder him!”

9. Meaning 9 · verb

   To botch or mangle.

10. Meaning 10 · verb

    To devour, ravish.

    “I could murder a hamburger right now.”

How this word is used

• Everyday “The defendant was charged with murder.”
• General “There have been ten unsolved murders this year alone.”
• General “This headache is murder.”
• Everyday “The woman found dead in her kitchen was murdered by her husband.”
• General “Our team is going to murder them.”
• General “He's torn my best shirt. When I see him, I'll murder him!”
• General “I could murder a hamburger right now.”

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