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Murder

/ˈməːdə/
The act of unlawfully ending someone's life with intent.

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Examples:

I have murdered my lovely boy!'

What on earth had I to gain by murdering Ackroyd?'

'The newspapers are full of these murders,' she said.

Etymology:

etymology
Derived from Old English mordor, akin to Old High German mord, and Latin mors, meaning death. Closely related to Proto-Germanic murþrą.

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