| Main Entry: |
murder |
| Part of Speech: |
verb |
| Definition: |
kill |
Synonyms: |
abolish, asphyxiate, assassinate, behead, blot out, bump off, butcher,
chill*,
cool*, decapitate,
defeat,
destroy, dispatch, do in, drub, dust off, electrocute, eliminate, eradicate, execute, exterminate,
extinguish, finish, garotte, guillotine, hang, hit*,
knife, knock off, liquidate, lynch, mangle,
mar, massacre,
misuse, off*, put away, rub out,
ruin, shoot, slaughter, slay, smother, snuff,
spoil, strangle, take a life, take for a ride,
take out*,
thrash*, waste*
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| Notes: |
the general term for the killing of a person by another is homicide; murder is either the intentional killing or malicious killing of another; manslaughter is the unintentional, accidental killing of another through carelessness |
Antonyms: |
guard, preserve, protect, save
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* = informal/non-formal usage
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