Murder — Defs

01 n. The offense of killing a human being with malice prepense or aforethought, express or implied; intentional and unlawful homicide.

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The offense of killing a human being with malice prepense or aforethought, express or implied; intentional and unlawful homicide.
“The killing of their children had, in the account of God, the guilt of murder, as the offering them to idols had the guilt of idolatry.” — Locke.

“Slaughter grows murder when it goes too far.” — Dryden.

02 v. t. To kill with premediated malice; to kill (a human being) willfully, deliberately, and unlawfully. See Murder, n.

imp. & p. p. Murdered; p. pr. & vb. n. Murdering

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To kill with premediated malice; to kill (a human being) willfully, deliberately, and unlawfully. See Murder, n. See: Murder
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To destroy; to put an end to.
“[Canst thou] murder thy breath in middle of a word?” — Shak.
3.
To mutilate, spoil, or deform, as if with malice or cruelty; to mangle; as, to murder the king's English.

Syn. To kill; assassinate; slay. See Kill.