I. noun
the crime of killing a person
a murder occurred during a gang shoot-out
Synonyms: blood, ||bump-off, foul play, hit, homicide, killing, manslaughter
II. verb
1.
to kill (a human being) unlawfully and with premeditated malice
planned a safe way to murder his rival
Synonyms: assassinate, ||bump off, cool, do in, ||dust off, execute, finish, knock off, liquidate, put away, rub out, scrag, slay; compare kill 1
Related Word: asphyxiate, behead, decapitate, electrocute, garrote, guillotine, hang, lynch, smother, strangle
Idioms: take for a ride
2.
Synonyms: annihilate 2, abate, abolish, blot out, eradicate, exterminate, extinguish, root out, uncreate, uproot