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Verb
S:
(v)
murder
,
slay
,
hit
,
dispatch
,
bump off
,
off
,
polish off
,
remove
(kill intentionally and with premeditation)
"The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"
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S:
(v)
kill
(cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly)
"This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays"
derivationally related form
W:
(n)
murder
[Related to:
murder
] (unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being)
W:
(n)
murderer
[Related to:
murder
] (a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being))
W:
(n)
slayer
[Related to:
slay
] (someone who causes the death of a person or animal)
W:
(n)
slaying
[Related to:
slay
] (unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being)
W:
(n)
hit
[Related to:
hit
] (a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate)
"it has all the earmarks of a Mafia hit"
W:
(n)
dispatch
[Related to:
dispatch
] (killing a person or animal)
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