murder
/ˈmɝ.dɚ/ verb B1- To illegally kill (a person or persons) with intent, especially with predetermination · The woman found dead in her kitchen was murdered by her husband.
- To kill violently. · My uncle’s dog murdered my cat.
- To defeat decisively. · Our team is going to murder them.
- 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!
- To botch or mangle.
He/she/it murders · Past murdered · Past participle murdered · -ing form murdering
Verb forms
- Base form
- murder
- He/she/it
- murders
- Past
- murdered
- Past participle
- murdered
- -ing form
- murdering
From the library
A MAN committed a murder, and was pursued by the relations of the man whom he murdered.
Douglas of Birlstone Manor House was horribly murdered last night!”
It is, as I gather from your original remarks, an inexplicable, or at least an unexplained, murder.
Now we might suppose that this murdered man—this Douglas whose approaching fate was known by one of the arch-criminal’s subordinates—had in some way betrayed the chief.
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