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murder(2) (iou)



murder verb. .
[Old English a-, for-, of)myrTrian = Old High German murdran, Gothic maurTrjan, from Germanic; superseded in Middle English by a new formation on the noun.]
I. verb trans.
Kill (a human being) unlawfully, esp. wickedly or inhumanly; spec. kill (a human being) with a premeditated motive, kill with malice aforethought. OE.
I. McEwan He was going to find his daughter and murder her abductor.
b. refl. Commit suicide. arch. LME.
Put an end to or destroy in an act tantamount to murder (chiefly hyperbol.); spoil by bad execution, representation, etc. ME.
G. Greene A really dreadful woman singer murders the..charm of 'You're the Top'. D. Caute In the Roundhouse..they now murder language and with it reason. M. Gee You..ate red kidney beans and raw garlic while a pianist murdered Gershwin.
Slaughter in a terrible manner, massacre. LME.
Tennyson They turn on the pursuer..They murder all that follow. J. Steinbeck Killer whales attacked the sea-lions..and murdered a great number of them.
Consume or spend (time) unprofitably. arch. E18.
Conclusively defeat (an opponent etc.), esp. at a game or sport. slang. M20.
Observer If the passing had got much worse, a team of corporals' grandmothers would have murdered them.
Consume (food or drink) greedily or with relish. colloq. M20.
L. R. Banks Hey, I could murder an ice cream.
II. verb intrans.
Perform the act of murder; commit murder. M16.
murdering piece = MURDERER 2.
J. Hyde These men will fight, lie, rob, murder for Mormonism if commanded. A. Storr A measure of sympathy is generally extended to..the lover who murders from jealousy.
murderable adjective able to be murdered; provoking or inviting murder: E20.
murde'ree noun (a) a person who is murdered; (b) a person whose character and disposition provoke or invite murder: E20.
murderess noun a female murderer LME.