Definition of murder

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Murder (n.) To destroy; to put an end to.

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Forfeit :: Forfeit (n.) A thing forfeit or forfeited; what is or may be taken from one in requital of a misdeed committed; that which is lost, or the right to which is alienated, by a crime, offense, neglect of duty, or breach of contract; hence, a fine; a mulct; a penalty; as, he who murders pays the forfeit of his life..
Ruffian :: Ruffian (a.) brutal; cruel; savagely boisterous; murderous; as, ruffian rage..
Butchery :: Butchery (n.) Murder or manslaughter, esp. when committed with unusual barbarity; great or cruel slaughter..
Ungeld :: Ungeld (n.) A person so far out of the protection of the law, that if he were murdered, no geld, or fine, should be paid, or composition made by him that killed him..
Murther :: Murther (n. & v.) Murder, n. & v..
Bloodsucker :: Bloodsucker (n.) One who sheds blood; a cruel, bloodthirsty man; one guilty of bloodshed; a murderer..
Murderment :: Murderment (n.) Murder.
Vaticide :: Vaticide (n.) The murder, or the murderer, of a prophet..
Matricide :: Matricide (n.) The murder of a mother by her son or daughter.
Fratricide :: Fratricide (n.) The act of one who murders or kills his own brother.
Assassinate :: Assassinate (v. t.) To assail with murderous intent; hence, by extended meaning, to maltreat exceedingly..
Gory :: Gory (a.) Bloody; murderous.
Uxoricide :: Uxoricide (n.) The murder of a wife by her husband.
Cannibalism :: Cannibalism (n.) The act or practice of eating human flesh by mankind. Hence; Murderous cruelty; barbarity.
Hang :: Hang (v. i.) To put to death by suspending by the neck; -- a form of capital punishment; as, to hang a murderer..
Bloodshed :: Bloodshed (n.) The shedding or spilling of blood; slaughter; the act of shedding human blood, or taking life, as in war, riot, or murder..
Willful :: Willful (a.) Of set purpose; self-determined; voluntary; as, willful murder..
Onslaught :: Onslaught (n.) An attack; an onset; esp., a furious or murderous attack or assault..
Burke :: Burke (v. t.) To murder by suffocation, or so as to produce few marks of violence, for the purpose of obtaining a body to be sold for dissection..
Suicide :: Suicide (adv.) One guilty of self-murder; a felo-de-se.
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