English

Pronunciation
a|RP IPA|/�m��d�/, SAMPA|/"m3:d@/
a|US IPA|/�m�d�/, SAMPA|/"m3`d@`/
audio|en-us-murder.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|��(r)d�(r)

Etymology 1
From OE. term|morþor, influenced in ME. by OF. term|murdre (French term|meurtre), itself from Ger..

Noun
en-noun

1. countable An act of deliberate killing.

#* There have been ten unsolved murders this year alone.

1. uncountable law The crime of deliberate killing.

#* The defendant was charged with murder.

1. uncountable (When used as a predicative noun): terrible|Terrible to endure.

#* This headache is murder.

1. countable The collective noun for crows

#* 2004 CE: w:Incubus|Incubus, A Crow Left of the Murder...
#*: Out of line! Indivisable! A crow left of the murder!

Synonyms
sense|act of killing manslaughter, assassination

Derived terms
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cry blue murder
first-degree murder
mass murder
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murderer
murderess
murder in the first degree
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murder in the second degree
second-degree murder
wink murder

Translations
trans-top|an act of deliberate killing
Arabic: Arab|�ات� IPAchar|(q�tel) m, Arab|�ت� (qatl) m
Catalan: assassinat m
Chinese: �� (móush�)
Croatian: t-|hr|ubojstvo|n, t-|hr|umorstvo|n
Czech: t-|cs|vražda|f
Danish: t-|da|mord|n
Dutch: t+|nl|moord|f
Estonian: t-|et|mõrv, t-|et|roim
Finnish: t+|fi|murha
French: t+|fr|meurtre|m
Georgian: ��������� (mkvleloba)
German: t+|de|Mord|m
Hebrew: רצ� (retsach) m
Hungarian: t-|hu|gyilkosság
Italian: t+|it|assassinio|m, t|it|omicidio |m
Japanese: 殺人 (satsujin)
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Korean: �� (salin)
Kurdish: KUchar|ک�شت�
Latvian: slepkavība f
Lithuanian: nužudymas m
Malayalam: ��ല (kola), ഹത�യ (hathya)
Norwegian: t-|no|mord|n
Novial: asasino
Portuguese: t+|pt|assassinato|m
Polish: morderstwo n, zabójstwo n
Russian: t+|ru|�бий��во|n|trubíjstvo|scCyrl
Slovene: t+|sl|umor|m
Spanish: t-|es|asesinato|m
Swedish: t+|sv|mord|n
Telugu: t|te|హత�య|sc=Telu (hatya)
Turkish: t-|tr|katil, t-|tr|adam öldürme
Vietnamese: (vụ) giết ngư�i, (vụ) ám sát
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trans-top|the crime of deliberate killing
Afrikaans: moord#Afrikaans|moord
Catalan: assassinat, m
Croatian: t-|hr|ubojstvo|n, t-|hr|umorstvo|n
Czech: t-|cs|vražda|f
Danish: t-|da|mord|n
Dutch: t+|nl|moord|f
Estonian: t-|et|mõrv, t-|et|roim
Finnish: t+|fi|murha
French: t+|fr|meurtre|m
German: t+|de|Mord|m
Hebrew: רצ� (retsach) m
Hungarian: t-|hu|gyilkosság
Italian: t+|it|assassinio|m, t+|it|omicidio|m
Japanese: 殺人 (satsujin)
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Korean: ��� (salinjoe)
Kurdish: KUchar|ک�شت�
Latvian: slepkavība f
Lithuanian: nužudymas m
Malayalam: ��ലപാത�� (kolapaathakam)
Norwegian: t-|no|mord|n
Novial: asasino
Portuguese: t+|pt|assassinato
Polish: morderstwo n, zabójstwo n
Russian: t+|ru|�бий��во|n|trubíjstvo|scCyrl
Slovene: umor m
Spanish: t-|es|asesinato|m
Swedish: t+|sv|mord|n
Telugu: t|te|హత�య|sc=Telu (hatya)
Turkish: t-|tr|katil, t-|tr|adam öldürme
Vietnamese: (t�i) giết ngư�i, (t�i) ám sát
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trans-top|terrible to endure
Dutch: t+|nl|moord|f
German: t+|de|Mord|m, t-|de|mörderisch
Hebrew: ס��� (si'ut) m
Polish: morderstwo n, zabójstwo n
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trans-top|flock of crows
Hebrew: t-|he|��קת ע�ר���|sc=Hebr
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ttbc|Albanian: gjakësi
ttbc|Arabic: Arab|�ت� (qatl) m
ttbc|Azeri: qatillik
ttbc|Bulgarian: �бий��во (ubijstvo)
ttbc|Chinese: �� (móush�)
ttbc|Esperanto: murdo
ttbc|Georgian: ��������� (mkvleloba)
ttbc|Indonesian: membunuh
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ttbc|Lithuanian: žmogžudyst�
ttbc|Persian: FAchar|اد��ش�
ttbc|Romanian: asasinat
ttbc|Serbian: �би��во (ubistvo) n
ttbc|Slovak: vražda f
ttbc|Swahili: mauaji
ttbc|Ukrainian: вбив��во (vbyvstvo) n, заби��� (zabyttja) f
ttbc|Uyghur: adem ötlürgen
ttbc|Welsh: galanas
ttbc|Yiddish: mord#Yiddish|mord
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Verb
en-verb

1. To deliberately kill (a person or persons).
2. transitive context|sports|figurative|colloquial To defeat decisively.

#: Our team is going to murder them.

1. figurative|colloquial Used to express one�s anger at somebody.

#: He's torn my best shirt. When I see him, I'll murder him!

1. figurative|colloquial|UK to devour, ravish.

#: I could murder a hamburger right now.

Synonyms
sense|deliberately kill assassinate, exterminate, kill, massacre, slaughter, homicide
sense|defeat decisively thrash, trounce, wipe the floor with
sense|express one�s anger at kill

Translations
trans-top|deliberately kill
Catalan: assassinar
Croatian: t-|hr|ubiti, t-|hr|umoriti
Czech: t-|cs|zavraždit
Danish: t-|da|myrde
Dutch: t-|nl|vermoorden transitive, t+|nl|moorden intransitive}
Estonian: tapma, mõrvama, roimama
Finnish: {{t+|fi|murhata
German: ermorden
Hebrew: t-|he|רצ×�|trratzákh|scHebr
Hungarian: t-|hu|meggyilkolni
Italian: t-|it|assassinare
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Japanese: 人�殺� (hitowo-korosu)
Kurdish: KUchar|ک�شت
Latin: t-|la|assassinare
Latvian: noslepkavot, slepkavot
Norwegian: t-|no|myrde
Novial: asasina
Polish: zabi�, zamordowa�
Russian: �бива�� (ubivát�) impf, �би�� (ubít�) pf
Slovak: vraždiť, zavraždiť
Slovene: t-|sl|umoriti
Spanish: t+|es|asesinar
Swedish: t+|sv|mörda
Turkish: t-|tr|öldürmek, t-|tr|katletmek
Vietnamese: t+|vi|giết|xsVietnamese, t+|vi|ám sát|xsVietnamese, t+|vi|tàn sát|xs=Vietnamese
Welsh: t-|cy|lladd|xs=Welsh
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trans-top|defeat decisively
Danish: smadre
Dutch: t|nl|de grond in boren
Hebrew: t-|he|����ס|sc=Hebr
Norwegian: t-|no|ta knekken på
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Russian: �азг�оми�� (razgromít�)
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trans-top|express one�s anger at
Croatian: t-|hr|ubiti, t-|hr|zgromiti
Czech: t-|cs|zabít
Danish: myrde, slå ihjel
Dutch: t-|nl|vermoorden
German: umbringen
Hebrew: t|he|×�×�×�×¢ ×�עס|trhibía` ká`as|scHebr, t-|he|×�×¢×�|trza`ám|scHebr
Norwegian: t-|no|drepe
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Japanese: 殺� (korosu)
Russian: �бива�� (ubivát�)
Swedish: t+|sv|döda
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trans-top|devour
Danish: kvæle
Dutch: t-|nl|vermoorden
Hebrew: t-|he|×�רף|trtaráf|scHebr
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Category:Death
Category:English collective nouns
Category:English words with multiple etymologies

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