murders
Meaning of murders
plural noun
- the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another.
the brutal murder of a German holidaymaker
he was put on trial for attempted murder
- a very difficult or unpleasant task or experience.
the 40-mile-per-hour winds at the summit were murder
- a group of crows.
a murder of crows flew past the window
- kill (someone) unlawfully and with premeditation.
he was accused of murdering his wife's lover
- punish severely or be very angry with.
my father will murder me if I'm home late
Old English morthor, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch moord and German Mord, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit mará ‘death’ and Latin mors ; reinforced in Middle English by Old French murdre .
Information about murders
- The singular form of murders is: murder.
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Hyphenation of murders
mur-ders
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- murders is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
murders synonyms
Meaning an act of causing death, especially deliberately:
Meaning the killing of one person by another:
Meaning the action of assassinating someone:
Meaning the process of liquidating a business:
Meaning killing, especially of a whole group of people or animals:
Meaning the carrying out of a plan, order, or course of action:
Meaning the killing of a large number of people or animals in a cruel or violent way:
Meaning the savage killing of large numbers of people:
Meaning an indiscriminate and brutal slaughter of many people:
Meaning the crime of killing a human being without malice aforethought, or in circumstances not amounting to murder:
Meaning the killing of one's father:
Meaning the killing of one's mother:
Meaning the killing of a parent or other near relative:
Meaning the killing of one's brother or sister:
Meaning the killing of one's sister:
Meaning the killing of one's son or daughter:
Meaning the crime of a mother killing her child within a year of birth:
Meaning the killing of one's wife:
Meaning the action of killing a king:
Meaning the killing of a person or animal:
Meaning a place regarded in various religions as a spiritual realm of evil and suffering, often traditionally depicted as a place of perpetual fire beneath the earth where the wicked are punished after death:
Meaning a state or feeling of great physical or mental distress or discomfort:
Meaning the action or practice of inflicting severe pain or suffering on someone as a punishment or in order to force them to do or say something:
Meaning extreme physical or mental suffering:
Meaning cause the death of (a person, animal, or other living thing):
Meaning murder (an important person) for political or religious reasons:
Meaning put (a plan, order, or course of action) into effect:
Meaning kill (someone), typically by violent means:
Meaning completely remove or get rid of (something):
Meaning make (something) ineffective by applying an opposite force or effect:
Meaning kill:
Meaning slaughter or cut up (an animal) for food:
Meaning cheat (someone) out of something, especially money:
Meaning exceed (an amount, level, or number); be more than:
Meaning (of a frog or crow) make a characteristic deep hoarse sound:
Meaning bring one's hand or a tool or weapon into contact with (someone or something) quickly and forcefully:
Meaning destroy or obliterate:
Meaning decorate (a cake or biscuit) with icing:
Meaning emit smoke or visible vapour:
Meaning kill or severely injure (someone):
Meaning leave:
Meaning strike forcefully with a sharp blow:
Meaning handle roughly; beat up:
Meaning bring to an end:
Meaning kill (a person or animal) in a violent way:
Anagrams of murders
Words that rhyme with murders
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