murder
murder is a polysyllabic word with 2 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, murder is hyphenated as:
Definitions ofmurder
- The crime of deliberately killing another person without justification.
Example: "The defendant was charged with murder."
- The act of deliberate killing of another person or other being without justification, especially with malice aforethought.
Example: "There have been ten unsolved murders this year alone."
- (in jurisdictions which use the felony murder rule) The commission of an act which abets the commission of a crime the commission of which causes the death of a human.
- (used as a predicative noun) Something terrible to endure.
Example: "This headache is murder."
- (collective) A group of crows; the collective noun for crows.
- To deliberately kill (a person or persons) without justification, especially with malice aforethought.
Example: "The woman found dead in her kitchen was murdered by her husband."
- To defeat decisively.
Example: "Our team is going to murder them."
- To kick someone's ass or chew someone out (used to express one’s anger at somebody).
Example: "He's torn my best shirt. When I see him, I'll murder him!"
- To botch or mangle.
- To devour, ravish.
Example: "I could murder a hamburger right now."
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