Antonyms for murder
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : mur-der |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɜr dər |
Definition of murder
Origin :- c.1300, murdre, from Old English morðor (plural morþras) "secret killing of a person, unlawful killing," also "mortal sin, crime; punishment, torment, misery," from Proto-Germanic *murthra- (cf. Goth maurþr, and, from a variant form of the same root, Old Saxon morth, Old Frisian morth, Old Norse morð, Middle Dutch moort, Dutch moord, German Mord "murder"), from PIE *mrtro-, from root *mer- "to die" (see mortal (adj.)). The spelling with -d- probably reflects influence of Anglo-French murdre, from Old French mordre, from Medieval Latin murdrum, from the Germanic root.
- Viking custom, typical of Germanic, distinguished morð (Old Norse) "secret slaughter," from vig (Old Norse) "slaying." The former involved concealment, or slaying a man by night or when asleep, and was a heinous crime. The latter was not a disgrace, if the killer acknowledged his deed, but he was subject to vengeance or demand for compensation.
- Mordre wol out that se we day by day. [Chaucer, "Nun's Priest's Tale," c.1386]
- Weakened sense of "very unpleasant situation" is from 1878.
- noun killing
- verb kill
- Murder had been done and Joe was the boy I was going to pin it on.
- Extract from : « Arm of the Law » by Harry Harrison
- In that case he'd double back and come past Murder Point, trying to get out.
- Extract from : « Murder Point » by Coningsby Dawson
- Murder would promptly be done, if he knew anything of the American.
- Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum
- In one thing only were they united—in their desire to see the last of Murder Point.
- Extract from : « Murder Point » by Coningsby Dawson
- Murder—at least the type we're concerned with—is a form of release, you know.
- Extract from : « We're Friends, Now » by Henry Hasse
- It seems they rushed us aft together, gripped as we were, screaming 'Murder!'
- Extract from : « The Secret Sharer » by Joseph Conrad
- Murder forbade me even as much as to look out of the windows.
- Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
- It seems they rushed us aft together, gripped as we were, screaming “Murder!”
- Extract from : « 'Twixt Land & Sea » by Joseph Conrad
- What would not Cromwell have given to suppress 'Killing no Murder'!
- Extract from : « The Book-Hunter at Home » by P. B. M. Allan
- The pain was so exquisite that the victim shrieked "Murder!"
- Extract from : « Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks » by Bracebridge Hemyng
Synonyms for murder
- abolish
- annihilation
- asphyxiate
- assassinate
- assassination
- behead
- blood
- bloodshed
- blot out
- bump off
- butcher
- butchery
- carnage
- chill
- cool
- crime
- death
- decapitate
- defeat
- destroy
- destruction
- dispatch
- dispatching
- do in
- drub
- dust off
- electrocute
- eliminate
- eradicate
- execute
- exterminate
- extinguish
- felony
- finish
- foul play
- garotte
- guillotine
- hang
- hit
- homicide
- knife
- knifing
- knock off
- liquidate
- liquidation
- lynch
- lynching
- mangle
- manslaughter
- mar
- massacre
- misuse
- off
- offing
- one-way ticket
- put away
- rub out
- ruin
- shoot
- shooting
- slaughter
- slay
- slaying
- smother
- snuff
- spoil
- strangle
- take a life
- take for a ride
- take out
- taking out
- terrorism
- the business
- the works
- thrash
- waste
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