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Murder
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Murder
/ˈməːdə/
The act of unlawfully ending someone's life with intent.
Synonyms:
homicide
killing
slaughter
assassination
manslaughter
Antonyms:
This word has no antonyms
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:
Derived from Old English
mordor,
akin to Old High German
mord,
and Latin
mors,
meaning death. Closely related to Proto-Germanic
murþrą.
Usage Statistics:
74 mentions per 1 million words
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