murder
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} nounADJECTIVE▪ barbaric, brutal, grisly, gruesome, horrific, savage, terrible, vicious, violent▪ cold-blooded, deliberate, premeditated, wilful/willful (law, esp. BrE)▪
a verdict of wilful murder
▪ senseless▪ shocking, tragic▪ perfect▪He committed the perfect murder and left no forensic evidence.
▪ indiscriminate, random▪ systematic▪ wholesale▪the wholesale murder of innocent citizens
▪ first-degree, second-degree▪ aggravated▪ attempted▪ alleged, suspected▪ double, mass, multiple, serial, triple▪ ritual▪ terrorist▪ gangland (BrE)▪ racial, racist, sectarian▪ politically motivated, racially motivated, sexually motivated▪ judicial, state-sanctioned, state-sponsored▪ high-profile, notorious▪ mysterious▪ unsolved▪ capital, felony, statutory (all AmE, law)VERB + MURDER▪ carry out, commit, perpetrate (formal)▪murders committed by terrorists
▪ investigate, probe (esp. BrE)▪ solve▪ link▪Detectives are linking the two murders.
▪ imprison sb for, jail sb for▪ avenge▪He vowed to avenge his brother's murder.
▪ witness▪ implicate sb in▪new evidence that implicated her in the murder
▪ mastermind, orchestrate, plan, plot▪ advocate▪ order▪He ordered the murder of his political opponents.
▪ admit, deny▪ get away with (figurative)▪They let their children get away with murder!
▪ incite▪ condemn▪ condone, justify▪Nothing justifies murder.
MURDER + VERB▪ happen, occur, take place▪ shock sb▪It was a murder which shocked the nation.
MURDER + NOUN▪ victim▪ suspect▪ detective, squad▪ case, hunt (informal), inquiry (esp. BrE), investigation, probe▪ charge▪ trial▪ conviction▪ attempt▪ plot▪ scene, site▪ weapon▪ campaign (esp. BrE), spree▪ count, rate, toll▪a city that has the highest murder rate in the US
▪ capital▪The city used to be the murder capital of the world.
▪ mystery, story▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}Her latest novel is a gripping murder mystery.
verbADVERB▪ brutally, cruelly, in cold blood, savagely, violently▪The boy was brutally murdered.
▪They were murdered in cold blood.
▪ systematically▪ deliberately▪ allegedlyVERB + MURDER▪ attempt to, try to▪ plan to, plot toPHRASES▪ admit murdering sb, deny murdering sb▪ be accused of murdering sb, be charged with murdering sb▪She was arrested and charged with murdering the two children.
▪ be convicted of murdering sb, be found guilty of murdering sb▪ be found murdered▪He was found murdered in the cemetery.
Murder is used with these nouns as the object: ↑lover
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