Synonyms for murdered
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : mur-der |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɜr dər |
Top 10 synonyms for murdered Other synonyms for the word murdered
- abolish
- asphyxiate
- blot out
- bump off
- chill
- cool
- defeat
- dispatch
- do in
- drub
- dust off
- electrocute
- eliminate
- eradicate
- extinguish
- finish
- garotte
- guillotine
- hang
- hit
- knife
- knock off
- liquidate
- mangle
- mar
- misuse
- off
- put away
- rub out
- ruin
- slaughter
- slay
- smother
- snuff
- spoil
- strangle
- take a life
- take for a ride
- take out
- thrash
- waste
Définition of murdered
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.
- verb kill
- Evidences that she was Murdered before it was Pulled down upon her.
- Extract from : « That Affair Next Door » by Anna Katharine Green
- Murdered in 1355, celebrated for her beauty and misfortunes.
- Extract from : « Memoirs of the Duchesse de Dino v.1/3, 1831-1835 » by Dorothy Duchesse de Dino
- Murdered by her own daughter's ingratitude and disobedience!
- Extract from : « The End Of The World » by Edward Eggleston
- Murdered they must be in order that the participators in the outbreak may find retreat impossible.
- Extract from : « The Day of Wrath » by Maurus Jkai
- Murdered beyond all doubt by the husband who drove her mad and made her life a curse.
- Extract from : « Bats in the Wall » by P. T. Raymond
- Murdered before him, he must see the dearest object of his love, and this was his daughter Bianca.
- Extract from : « The Oriental Story Book » by Wilhelm Hauff
- Murdered under official sanction, in accordance with premeditated design.
- Extract from : « The Boys of '61 » by Charles Carleton Coffin.
- The specters lips moved, but it was the echo which answered for them in lugubrious shouts: Murdered!
- Extract from : « Nightmare Tales » by H. P. Blavatsky
- Murdered under the silent mouths of the rusty cannon which surmount yonder palisade.
- Extract from : « The Cavaliers of Virginia » by William A. Caruthers
- Murdered by the Indians he had been, in front of the fort, in the presence of the officers of his own command!
- Extract from : « The Story of Old Fort Loudon » by Charles Egbert Craddock
Antonyms for murdered
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