murder
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(noun) unlawful premeditated killing of a human being |
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Synonyms: homicide, slaying |
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Related Words: assassination, blood, bloodshed, butchery, carnage, dry-gulching, elimination, fratricide, gore, hit, infanticide, kill, killing, liquidation, parricide, putting to death, shoot-down, slaughter, thuggee, tyrannicide |
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(verb) kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered" |
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Synonyms: bump off, dispatch, hit, polish off, remove, slay |
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Related Words: burke, execute, kill |
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(verb) "The tourists murdered the French language" |
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Synonyms: mangle, mutilate |
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Related Words: disfigure, distort |
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