murder (ˈmɜːdə) ![]() | |
| —n | |
| 1. | manslaughter Compare homicide the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another |
| 2. | informal something dangerous, difficult, or unpleasant: driving around London is murder |
| 3. | informal cry blue murder to make an outcry |
| 4. | informal get away with murder to escape censure; do as one pleases |
| —vb | |
| 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 |
| [Old English morthor; related to Old English morth, Old Norse morth, Latin mors death; compare French meurtre] | |
| 'murderer | |
| —n | |
| 'murderess | |
| —fem n | |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |