Murder — synonyms, definition

1. murder (a)

assassination execution slaying strangling

2. murder (Noun)

abolition annihilation assassination atrocity blood bloodshed butchery carnage destruction dissipation execution extermination extinction fate genocide havoc homicide killing manslaughter mass murder • • •

murder (Noun) — Unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being.

homicide assassination bloodshed butchery carnage contract killing dry-gulching elimination filicide fratricide gore hit infanticide liquidation lynching mariticide mass murder massacre parricide regicide shoot-down • • •

3. murder (Verb)

abuse annihilate assassinate be extremely violent bleed bump off butcher cause a bloodbath cool cut down depopulate destroy devastate dispatch dispose of do away with do in electrocute eliminate eradicate • • •

murder (Verb) — Kill intentionally and with premeditation. ex. "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"

murder (Verb) — Alter so as to make unrecognizable. ex. "The tourists murdered the French language"

distort falsify garble kill warp burke execute