murder
Noun
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Unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being (synset 100221389)
is a type of: homicide - the killing of a human being by another human beingsubtypes:
- assassination - murder of a public figure by surprise attack
- bloodshed, gore - the shedding of blood resulting in murder
- contract killing - a murder carried out on agreement with a hired killer
- parricide - the murder of your own father or mother
- mariticide - the murder of a husband by his wife
- fratricide - the murder of your sibling
- uxoricide - the murder of a wife by her husband
- filicide - the murder of your own son or daughter
- elimination, liquidation - the murder of a competitor
- butchery, carnage, mass murder, massacre, slaughter - the savage and excessive killing of many people
- lynching - putting a person to death by mob action without due process of law
- regicide - the act of killing a king
- dry-gulching - the act of killing from ambush
- hit - a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate
- infanticide - murdering an infant
- shoot-down - murder by shooting someone down in cold blood
- tyrannicide - killing a tyrant
- thuggee - murder and robbery by thugs
Verb
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Kill intentionally and with premeditation (synset 202488014)
"The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"is a type of: kill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
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Alter so as to make unrecognizable (synset 200549830)
"The tourists murdered the French language"
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