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Murdered

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Adjective

1. murdered

killed unlawfully

Example Sentences:
'the murdered woman'
'lay a wreath on murdered Lincoln's bier'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Murdered

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noun
1. 
the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another
Compare manslaughter, homicide
2. informal
something dangerous, difficult, or unpleasant
driving around London is murder
3.  cry blue murder
4.  get away with murder
verb (mainly tr)
5. (also intr)
to kill (someone) unlawfully with premeditation or during the commission of a crime
6. 
to kill brutally
7. informal
to destroy; ruin
he murdered her chances of happiness
8. informal
to defeat completely; beat decisively
the home team murdered their opponents

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Murdered

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noun
1. 
the unlawful and malicious or premeditated killing of one human being by another; also, any killing done while committing some other felony, as rape or robbery
2.  US, Informal
something very hard, unsafe, or disagreeable to do or deal with
verb transitive
3. 
to kill (a person) unlawfully and with malice
4. 
to kill inhumanly or barbarously, as in warfare
5. 
to spoil, mar, etc., as in performance
the song was murdered by the singer
verb intransitive
6. 
to commit murder

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Murdered

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n.
1.
a. The killing of another person without justification or excuse, especially the crime of killing a person with malice aforethought or with recklessness manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life.
b. An instance of such killing.
2. Slang Something that is very uncomfortable, difficult, or hazardous: The rush hour traffic is murder.
3. A flock of crows.
v. mur·dered, mur·der·ing, mur·ders
v.tr.
1. To kill (another human) in an act of murder.
2. To kill brutally or inhumanly: Thousands of civilians were murdered in the bombardment.
3. To put an end to; destroy: murdered their chances.
4. To spoil by ineptness; mutilate: a speech that murdered the English language.
5. Slang To defeat decisively; trounce.
v.intr.
To commit murder.

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