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Word murder
WordType (verb)
Phonetic BrE / ˈmɜːdə(r) / NAmE / ˈmɜːrdər /
Example
  • he denies murdering his wife's lover.
  • the murdered woman was well known in the area.
  • critics accused him of murdering the english language (= writing or speaking it very badly).
  • he was found murdered in the cemetery.
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murder

(verb)BrE / ˈmɜːdə(r) / NAmE / ˈmɜːrdər /
  1. to kill somebody deliberately and illegally
    • He denies murdering his wife's lover.
    • The murdered woman was well known in the area.
  2. to spoil something because you do not do it very well
    • synonym butcher
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/butcher_2
    • Critics accused him of murdering the English language (= writing or speaking it very badly).
  3. to defeat somebody completely, especially in a team sport
    • synonym thrash
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/thrash_1
  4. used to say that you very much want to eat or drink something
    • I could murder a beer.
  5. used to warn somebody that another person will be very angry with them
  6. Extra Examples

    • He was found murdered in the cemetery.
    • She was arrested and charged with murdering the two children.
    • The boy was brutally murdered.
    • They were murdered in cold blood.
    • He denies murdering his wife’s lover.

    Verb Forms

    • present simple I / you / we / they murder
    • he / she / it murders
    • past simple murdered
    • past participle murdered
    • -ing form murdering

    Word Origin

    • Old English morthor, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch moord and German Mord, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit mará ‘death’ and Latin mors; reinforced in Middle English by Old French murdre.
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