Definition of murder

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Murder (n.) To mutilate, spoil, or deform, as if with malice or cruelty; to mangle; as, to murder the king's English..

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Willful :: Willful (a.) Of set purpose; self-determined; voluntary; as, willful murder..
Hang :: Hang (v. i.) To put to death by suspending by the neck; -- a form of capital punishment; as, to hang a murderer..
Patricide :: Patricide (n.) The crime of one who murders his father. Same as Parricide.
Massacre :: Massacre (n.) Murder.
Filicide :: Filicide (n.) The act of murdering a son or a daughter; also, parent who commits such a murder..
Deathful :: Deathful (a.) Full of death or slaughter; murderous; destructive; bloody.
Butcher :: Butcher (v. t.) To murder, or kill, especially in an unusually bloody or barbarous manner..
Bloodshedder :: Bloodshedder (n.) One who sheds blood; a manslayer; a murderer.
Regicide :: Regicide (n.) The killing or the murder of a king.
Cutthroat :: Cutthroat (n.) One who cuts throats; a murderer; an assassin.
Self-destruction :: Self-destruction (n.) The destruction of one's self; self-murder; suicide.
Aforethought :: Aforethought (a.) Premeditated; prepense; previously in mind; designed; as, malice aforethought, which is required to constitute murder..
Slaughterous :: Slaughterous (a.) Destructive; murderous.
Infanticidal :: Infanticidal (a.) Of or pertaining to infanticide; engaged in, or guilty of, child murder..
Blood Money :: Blood money () Money obtained as the price, or at the cost, of another's life; -- said of a reward for supporting a capital charge, of money obtained for betraying a fugitive or for committing murder, or of money obtained from the sale of that which will destroy the purchaser..
Bloody :: Bloody (a.) Given, or tending, to the shedding of blood; having a cruel, savage disposition; murderous; cruel..
Vaticide :: Vaticide (n.) The murder, or the murderer, of a prophet..
Murderous :: Murderous (a.) Of or pertaining to murder; characterized by, or causing, murder or bloodshed; having the purpose or quality of murder; bloody; sanguinary; as, the murderous king; murderous rapine; murderous intent; a murderous assault..
Death :: Death (v. i.) Murder; murderous character.
Ruffian :: Ruffian (n.) A boisterous, cruel, brutal fellow; a desperate fellow ready for murderous or cruel deeds; a cutthroat..
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