to murder
∞
3.0
- verb
- /ˈmɜrdər/
- NSFW
- On November 2, 2004, in broad daylight, he was brutally murdered on an Amsterdam street.
- murder a man
- murder people
- murder his wife
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- They tried him for for murdering an ISIS fighter.
- And so you come up with rules like don't murder, don't thieve.
- He's going to go out there and rape and murder and rob all by himself.
- And they, it's a miracle that they didn't murder these two innocent women.
- Don't lie, don't murder anyone in cold blood like basics.
- No, just murdered him in cold blood.
- Do you think you'd ever murder someone in a fit of rage?
- Gee, she saw all of her friends murdered and ripped to pieces.
- What's wrong with you murdering knobs as what is happening?
Examples
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Years later, I also knew the man who murdered Medgar Evers in Jackson.
Fiction book (1990) -
They tried to murder me year after year.
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But did he actually murder his wife and child?
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Why do they murder women and children?
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But his attempt to murder three innocent men... to protect his own reputation will be prevented by the General Staff.
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"Do you think it's remotely possible that whoever murdered Paul had some connection with Word of Peace?"
Fiction book (1990) -
Other refugees were discovered, and they were either smoked out or murdered in their hiding places.
Academic text (2011) -
Many of the men who helped murder Ben's family and friends were executed for their crimes.
Academic text (2011) -
It's been two years since four Neo-Nazis invaded my family's lake house and murdered my father.
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The police arrested him after they discovered he had planned to murder his business partner.
Synonyms
215
9.9
To kill someone on purpose
163
5.7
To kill a large number of people in a violent way
126
5.4
To kill someone illegally
108
7.5
To kill someone on purpose
21
7.7
To kill a person or animal quickly on purpose
11
9.3
To kill someone on purpose, usually secretly and as part of a crime
5
8.8
To kill someone as part of a plan, often by hired people
2
9.5
To kill someone on purpose
1
9.9
To kill someone on purpose, usually by a criminal group
1
9.9
To kill someone on purpose and illegally, used in old writing
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
How Lethal
- NSFW
58
7.5
- Offensive
213
7.0
- NSFW
163
5.7
- NSFW
∞
3.0
- NSFW
108
7.5
- Offensive
28
9.3
- Offensive
21
7.7
Surface Forms
Etymology
Murder comes from an old German word morthor that meant 'secret killing' or 'violent death'. So to murder someone is to kill them on purpose, often in a hidden or unlawful way.