murder

  1. Noun.  (countable) An act of deliberate killing of another human being.
  2. Noun.  (uncountable) (legal) The crime of deliberate killing.
  3. Noun.  (uncountable) ''(When used as a predicative noun)'': Something terrible to endure.
  4. Noun.  (countable) The collective noun for crows.
  5. Verb.  To deliberately kill (a person or persons).
  6. Verb.  (transitive) (sports, figuratively) To defeat decisively.
  7. Verb.  To botch or mangle.
  8. Verb.  (figuratively, colloquial) To kick someone's ass or chew someone out (used to express one’s anger at somebody).
  9. Verb.  (figuratively, colloquial) to devour, ravish.

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