murder
murder is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 24 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To kill with premediated malice; to kill (a human being) willfully, deliberately, and unlawfully. See Murder, n.
- 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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
- assassinate
- slay
- to kill
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- bad
- barbarism
- break
- bull
- commit
- false
- faulty
- grammar
- head
- improper
- impropriety
- inaccurate
- incongruous
- incorrect
- pen
- slip
- slipslop
- solecism
- solecistic
- solecistical
- solecize
- the
- tongue
- use
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is murder.
- What is to kill with premediated malice; to kill (a human being) willfully, deliberately, and unlawfully. See Murder, n called?
- What is to destroy; to put an end to. [Canst thou] murder thy breath in middle of a word Shak called?
- What is to mutilate, spoil, or deform, as if with malice or cruelty; to mangle; as, to murder the king's English. See Kill called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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