murder

noun

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Senses

unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being

kill intentionally and with premeditation

The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered

alter so as to make unrecognizable

The tourists murdered the French language

Sense	Relation	Group	Word
1	derivation	Related & opposite	murder
1	derivation	Related & opposite	execute
1	derivation	Related & opposite	homicidal
1	hypernym	Types & categories	homicide
1	hyponym	Types & categories	assassination
1	hyponym	Types & categories	bloodshed
1	hyponym	Types & categories	contract killing
1	hyponym	Types & categories	parricide
1	hyponym	Types & categories	mariticide
1	hyponym	Types & categories	fratricide
1	hyponym	Types & categories	uxoricide
1	hyponym	Types & categories	filicide
1	hyponym	Types & categories	liquidation
1	hyponym	Types & categories	massacre
1	hyponym	Types & categories	lynching
1	hyponym	Types & categories	regicide
1	hyponym	Types & categories	dry-gulching
1	hyponym	Types & categories	hit
1	hyponym	Types & categories	infanticide
1	hyponym	Types & categories	shoot-down
1	hyponym	Types & categories	tyrannicide
1	hyponym	Types & categories	thuggee
2	derivation	Related & opposite	murder
2	derivation	Related & opposite	despatch
2	derivation	Related & opposite	hit
2	derivation	Related & opposite	killer
2	derivation	Related & opposite	liquidator
2	hypernym	Types & categories	kill
2	hyponym	Types & categories	burke
2	hyponym	Types & categories	execute
3	hypernym	Types & categories	warp