murder
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
Types & categories
- homicide hypernym
- assassination hyponym
- bloodshed hyponym
- contract killing hyponym
- parricide hyponym
- mariticide hyponym
- fratricide hyponym
- uxoricide hyponym
- filicide hyponym
- liquidation hyponym
- massacre hyponym
- lynching hyponym
- regicide hyponym
- dry-gulching hyponym
- hit hyponym
- infanticide hyponym
- shoot-down hyponym
- tyrannicide hyponym
- thuggee hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
kill intentionally and with premeditation
The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- murder derivation
- despatch derivation
- hit derivation
- killer derivation
- liquidator derivation
Sense 3 verb
alter so as to make unrecognizable
The tourists murdered the French language
Types & categories
- warp hypernym
Table view of this graph
| 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 |