What does "murder" mean?
Murder: To kill with premediated malice; to kill (a human being) willfully, deliberately, and unlawfully. See Murder, n.
Additional senses
- 2.To destroy; to put an end to. [Canst thou] murder thy breath in middle of a word Shak.
- 3.To mutilate, spoil, or deform, as if with malice or cruelty; to mangle; as, to murder the king's English. See Kill.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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