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murder

/ˈmɜːdə(ɹ)/
Meanings
  • noun

    The unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another.

    - "The defendant is on trial for the murder of his wife."
    - "The murder rate in the city has been increasing."
  • verb

    To cause the death of (someone) intentionally and with premeditation.

    - "The suspect confessed to murdering his business partner."
    - "The detective solved the murder case."
Pronunciation
  1. /ˈmɜːdə(ɹ)/



    Source: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=91894805"
  2. /ˈmɝ.dɚ/



    Source: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1231900"
Synonyms

assassination , homicide , manslaughter , flock , thrash , trounce , wipe the floor with , assassinate , kill , massacre , slaughter , kill
Rhymes
Words rhyming with murder
mute , mute , moot , shoot , boot , scoot , mute , cue , rue
Homonyms
Words having the same spelling or pronunciation but different meanings and origins

  1. Murder (en) : To kill

  2. Murder (en) : A large, heavy, powerful machine or vehicle

  3. Murder (en) : To kill (a tree or plant) by cutting down or uprooting

Homophones
Words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling,

  1. murder (en) : To kill

  2. murder (en) : To kill (a tree or plant) by cutting down or uprooting

  3. murder (en) : A large, heavy, powerful machine or vehicle

Variants
List of all variants of murder that leads to same result
first-degree murder , first-degree murders , murder , murders , second-degree murder , second-degree murders , third-degree murder , third-degree murders , murdered , murdering , murther , murthered , murthering , murthers , murder hornet , murder hornets , murder weapon , bloody murder , self-murder , self-murders , double murder , get away with murder , scream bloody murder
Forms
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murders, murdered, murdering, murderer, murderous

Etymology
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Old English mörder, from morcian ‘to kill’. Related to murdrum ‘murder, manslaughter’.

Trivia
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  1. The term 'murder' first appeared in Old English around 1000 AD.

  2. The highest recorded number of murders in a single day was 473, which occurred in El Salvador on March 14, 1981.

  3. The word 'murder' comes from the Old English word 'morcian', which means 'to kill'.

  4. The average time spent on a murder investigation is 100 hours.

  5. The first recorded murder trial was held in ancient Babylon around 2200 BC.

Related Concepts
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  1. Homicide: The act of causing the death of another human being, whether lawful or unlawful.

  2. Manslaughter: The unlawful killing of another person without premeditation or malice aforethought.

Culture
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Murder is a significant topic in various forms of literature, art, music, and other forms of expression. It has been portrayed in numerous works, such as Shakespeare's Hamlet, Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express, and Edgar Allan Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart. Murder is also a common theme in films, television shows, and video games.

How to Memorize "murder"

  1. visualize

    - Visualize a scene of a crime, imagine the details, the suspect, the victim, the weapon, and the crime scene.

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    - Associate the word 'murder' with the words 'crime', 'killing', 'homicide', 'death'.

  3. mnemonics

    - Use the phrase 'Mary had a little lamb, its fleece was white as snow, but when she saw its blood, she screamed murder' to remember the definition.

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