| murder | | |
| n. (act) | 1. execution, murder, slaying | unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being. |
| ~ homicide | the killing of a human being by another human being. |
| ~ assassination | murder of a public figure by surprise attack. |
| ~ bloodshed, gore | the shedding of blood resulting in murder.; "he avenged the bloodshed of his kinsmen" |
| ~ contract killing | a murder carried out on agreement with a hired killer. |
| ~ parricide | the murder of your own father or mother. |
| ~ mariticide | the murder of a husband by his wife. |
| ~ fratricide | the murder of your sibling. |
| ~ uxoricide | the murder of a wife by her husband. |
| ~ filicide | the murder of your own son or daughter. |
| ~ liquidation, elimination | the murder of a competitor. |
| ~ carnage, mass murder, massacre, butchery, slaughter | the savage and excessive killing of many people. |
| ~ lynching | putting a person to death by mob action without due process of law. |
| ~ regicide | the act of killing a king. |
| ~ dry-gulching | the act of killing from ambush. |
| ~ hit | a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate.; "it has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit" |
| ~ infanticide | murdering an infant. |
| ~ shoot-down | murder by shooting someone down in cold blood. |
| ~ tyrannicide | killing a tyrant. |
| ~ thuggee | murder and robbery by thugs. |
| v. (social) | 2. bump off, dispatch, hit, murder, off, polish off, remove, slay | kill intentionally and with premeditation.; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered" |
| ~ kill | cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly.; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays" |
| ~ burke | murder without leaving a trace on the body. |
| ~ execute | murder in a planned fashion.; "The Mafioso who collaborated with the police was executed" |
| v. (change) | 3. mangle, murder, mutilate | alter so as to make unrecognizable.; "The tourists murdered the French language" |
| ~ distort, falsify, garble, warp | make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story. |
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