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To murder is to kill someone.

(verb)

When you plan and execute the death of your enemy, this is an example of murder.
When you spend too much money and your spouse gets really mad, this is an example of a time when you might say "my husband will murder me if he finds out how much I spent!"

Murder is defined as the illegal, pre-planned killing of one person by another, or an unpleasant task or to something that causes pain or discomfort to the body.

(noun)

An example of murder is the killing of one person by another.
When bending up and down a lot hurts your back, this is an example of a time when you might say that bending is murder on your back.
When you are doing a very unpleasant and labor-intensive job, this is an example of a time when you might say "this job is murder."

See murder in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

the unlawful and malicious or premeditated killing of one human being by another; also, any killing done while committing some other felony, as rape or robbery
☆ Informal something very hard, unsafe, or disagreeable to do or deal with

Origin: ME murthir, mordre < OE & OFr: OE morthor, akin to ON morth, Goth maurthr; OFr mordre < Frank *morthr: all ult. < IE *mṛtóm < base *mer- > mortal

transitive verb

to kill (a person) unlawfully and with malice
to kill inhumanly or barbarously, as in warfare
to spoil, mar, etc., as in performance: the song was murdered by the singer

intransitive verb

to commit murder

See murder in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

The unlawful killing of one human by another, especially with premeditated malice.
Slang Something that is very uncomfortable, difficult, or hazardous: The rush hour traffic is murder.
A flock of crows. See Synonyms at flock¹.

verb mur·dered, mur·der·ing, mur·ders

verb, transitive