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- pronunciation:
- muhr
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- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
Murder is the crime of killing of a person.
The man was arrested for murder. |
| related words: |
kill |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
murders, murdering, murdered |
| definition: |
When someone murders another person, it means that they kill that person for their own desires or reasons.
He murdered some people and went to jail for the rest of his life.- similar words:
- assassinate, destroy, kill
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| related words: |
poison |
| derivations: |
murderer (n.), murderess (n.) |
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