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murder

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noun

unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
Synonyms
- slaying, execution
Less specific
- homicide
More specific
- assassination, bloodshed, gore, contract killing, parricide, mariticide, fratricide, uxoricide, filicide, elimination, liquidation, slaughter, massacre, mass murder, carnage (more)

verb

kill intentionally and with premeditation; “The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered”
Synonyms
- slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, off, polish off, remove
Less specific
- kill
More specific
- burke, execute
alter so as to make unrecognizable; “The tourists murdered the French language”
Synonyms
- mangle, mutilate
Less specific
- falsify, distort, garble, warp