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murdered |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Murder \Mur"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Murdered}; p. pr & vb n. {Murdering}.] [OE. mortheren murtheren, AS myr?rian; akin to OHG. murdiren Goth. ma['u]r?rjan. See {Murder}, n.] 1. To kill with premediated malice; to kill (a human being) willfully, deliberately, and unlawfully. See {Murder}, n. 2. To destroy; to put an end to [Canst thou] murder thy breath in middle of a word? --Shak. 3. To mutilate, spoil, or deform, as if with malice or cruelty; to mangle; as to murder the king's English. Syn: To kill; assassinate; slay. See {Kill}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: murdered adj : killed unlawfully; "the murdered woman"; "lay a wreath on murdered Lincoln's bier"
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