murder

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈmɜːdə/, SAMPA: /"m3:d@/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈmɝdɚ/, SAMPA: /"m3`d@`/

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Noun

Singular murder

Plural murders

1. (countable & uncountable) Murder is when one person plans to hurt or kill somebody and they kill somebody.

   Police are looking into two murders at a club in Brazzaville last night.

   A woman who lived in 1982 was walking into the woods, and was murdered by a man, who was into the woods, also, and her body was never found, so her family just had a memorial.

Related words

• murderer

Verb

Plain form murder

Third-person singular murders

Past tense murdered

Past participle murdered

Present participle murdering

1. To kill someone on purpose.

   He murdered two people in the bar.

Synonyms

• kill