Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - murder
Murder
murder
n. & v. --n. 1 the unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by another (cf. MANSLAUGHTER). 2 colloq. an unpleasant, troublesome, or dangerous state of affairs (it was murder here on Saturday). --v.tr. 1 kill (a human being) unlawfully, esp. wickedly or inhumanly. 2 Law kill (a human being) with a premeditated motive. 3 colloq. utterly defeat or spoil by a bad performance, mispronunciation etc. (murdered the soliloquy in the second act). Phrases and idioms cry blue murder sl. make an extravagant outcry. get away with murder colloq. do whatever one wishes and escape punishment. murder will out murder cannot remain undetected. Derivatives murderer n. murderess n. Etymology: OE morthor & OF murdre f. Gmc
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I. noun Etymology: partly from Middle English murther, from Old English morthor; partly from Middle English murdre, from Anglo-French, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English morthor; akin to Old High German mord ~, Latin mort-, mors death, mori to die, mortuus dead, Greek brotos mortal Date: before 12th century the crime of unlawfully killing a person especially with malice aforethought, 2. something very difficult or dangerous , something outrageous or blameworthy , II. verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: 13th century transitive verb to kill (a human being) unlawfully and with premeditated malice, to slaughter wantonly ; slay, 3. to put an end to, tease, torment, mutilate, mangle , to defeat badly, intransitive verb to commit ~, see: kill ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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