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Noun: murder  mur-du(r)
  1. Unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
    "The murder of the prominent politician shocked the nation";
    - slaying, execution
     
  2. [informal] Something extremely difficult or unpleasant
    "That exam was absolute murder"
Verb: murder  mur-du(r)
  1. Kill intentionally and with premeditation
    "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered";
    - slay [literary], dispatch, bump off [informal], off [N. Amer, informal], polish off [informal], croak [informal], despatch [Brit]
     
  2. Alter so as to make unrecognizable
    "The tourists murdered the French language";
    - mangle, mutilate

Derived forms: murdered, murdering, murders

See also: bump, clip [informal], do in [informal], knock off [informal], liquidate, neutralise [Brit], neutralize, take out [informal], waste [informal], whack [informal]

Type of: distort, garble, homicide, kill, warp

Encyclopedia: Murder, She Wrote 2008