murder

mur-der · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    The unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another.

  2. 2.

    (informal) Something very difficult or unpleasant.

  3. 3.

    A group of crows (collective noun).

  4. 4.

    To kill someone unlawfully and with premeditation.

  5. 5.

    (informal) To spoil or ruin something completely.

  6. 6.

    (informal) To defeat decisively.

Forms

plural: murders

Related words

See also: crime, homicide, kill
Synonyms: homicide, killing, slaying

Etymology

From Old English "morthor," from Proto-Germanic "*murthran," related to "mortal" and "mort" (death). The word has cognates in German "Mord" and Old Norse "morth."