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To murder is to kill someone. In the context of criminal law, murder requires advance planning (premeditation). The term murder has also come to be used to indicate situations where someone will be very angry or impose severe consequences or punishment. (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 the illegal, pre-planned killing of one person by another. Murder also refers to 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."
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