Murdername

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  A surname.

murdernoun/ˈmɜːdə(ɹ)/

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  An act of killing a person unlawfully, especially with predetermination.

  • Throwing that punch was a murder whether you meant for it to happen or not.
  • There have been ten unsolved murders this year alone.
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  lawAn act of killing a person unlawfully, especially with predetermination.

  • The defendant was charged with murder.
  • Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine.[…]One thing that is true, though, is that murder rates have fallen over the centuries, as policing has spread and the routine carrying of weapons has diminished. Modern society may not have done anything about war. But peace is a lot more peaceful.
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  An act of killing a person unlawfully, especially with predetermination.

  • It may be guessed, indeed, that this was the original form of the story, the fairy being the addition of those who considered Jack's thefts from (and murder of) the giant to be scarcely justified without her.
  • Dr. Herrera also knew Hemingway had held Batista's army personally responsible for the brutal murders of his dogs, Blackie (Black Dog) and Machakos.
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  An act of killing a person unlawfully, especially with predetermination.

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  Something difficult or terrible to endure.

  • I heard this class is murder.
  • This headache is murder.
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  datedslangSomething remarkable or impressive.

  • Right quick another cat spoke up real loud, saying, “That’s murder man, really murder,” and his eyes were signifying too.
  • Altaira Morbius: [swimming in a pool] Come on in. Commander Adams: I didn't bring my bathing suit. Altaira Morbius: What's a bathing suit? Commander Adams: [quickly turning his back] Oh, murder!
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  A flock of crows or sometimes ravens.

  • A murder of crows dotted my backyard.
  • Every morning we woke up to the squawking of what seemed like a hundred murders in the trees above our campsite.

murderverb/ˈmɜːdə(ɹ)/

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  To illegally kill (a person or persons) with intent, especially with predetermination

  • The woman found dead in her kitchen was murdered by her husband.
  • In the meane time it chaunced, that Marcus Papyrius ſtroke one of the Galles on the heade with his ſtaffe, because he preſumed to ſtroke his bearde: with whiche iniurie the Gaulle beeing prouoked, ſlue Papyrius (as he ſate) with hys ſworde, and therewith the ſlaughter being begun with one, all the reſidue of thoſe auncient fatherly men as they ſat in theyr Chayres were ſlaine and cruelly murthered.
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  To kill violently.

  • My uncle’s dog murdered my cat.
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  hobbieslifestylesportsTo defeat decisively.

  • Our team is going to murder them.
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  To kick someone's ass or chew someone out (used to express one’s anger at somebody).

  • He's torn my best shirt. When I see him, I'll murder him!
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  To botch or mangle.

  • Dr. Caius, the Frenchman in the play, and Evans the Welshman, "Gallia et Guallia," succeed pretty well in their efforts to murder the language.
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  To devour, ravish.

  • I could murder a hamburger right now.
  • “Is that so? Well, I could murder a cup of tea,” said Auntie Flip.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

• felony murder