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murder


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

2. 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.

Synonym: To kill, assassinate, slay. See Kill.

Origin: OE. Mortheren, murtheren, AS. Myrrian; akin to OHG. Murdiren, Goth. Maorrjan. See Murder.

Source: Websters Dictionary