murder

murder
n.
homicide

1) to commit murder

2) a brutal, cold-blooded, grisly, heinous, vicious, wanton; premeditated; ritual murder

3) (AE) (a) first-degree; second-degree murder

4) mass murder

5) multiple, serial murders

ruinous influence

(colloq.)

6) murder on (the rainy weather has been murder on business)

* * *
['mɜːdə]
cold-blooded
grisly
heinous
premeditated
ritual murder
second-degree murder
serial murders
wanton
(AE) (a) first-degree
['homicide'] to commitmurder
a brutal
mass murder
multiple
['ruinous influence'] (colloq.) murder on (the rainy weather has been murder on business)

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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