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Definition of murder verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

     

    murder

     verb
    verb
    NAmE//ˈmərdər//
     
    Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they murder
     
     he / she / it murders
     
     past simple murdered
     
     -ing form murdering
     
     
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  1. 1murder somebody to kill someone deliberately and illegally He denies murdering his wife's lover. The murdered woman was well known in the area.
  2. 2murder something to spoil something because you do not do it very well synonym butcher Critics accused him of murdering the English language (= writing or speaking it very badly).
  3. 3murder somebody (informal) to defeat someone completely, especially in a team sport synonym thrash
    4. Idioms
    somebody will murder you (informal)
     
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    used to warn someone that another person will be very angry with them
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