murder
Pronunciation[change]
- (UK) IPA (key): /ˈmɜːdə/, SAMPA: /"m3:d@/
- (US) IPA (key): /ˈmɝdɚ/, SAMPA: /"m3`d@`/
Audio (US) (file)
Noun[change]
- (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.
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Verb[change]
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- To kill someone on purpose.
- He murdered two people in the bar.