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murder 2, verb (oh)



2 v [T]
to kill someone deliberately and illegally
::He was convicted of murdering a policeman.
::Thousands of civilians were brutally murdered during the civil war.
::the murdered man
see usage note kill 1
informal to spoil a song, play etc by performing it very badly
::It's a good song, but they murdered it.
sb will murder you
spoken used to tell someone that another person will be very angry with them
::Your dad'll murder you when he hears about it.
I could murder a beer/pizza etc
BrE spoken used to say that you are very hungry or thirsty and want a particular food or drink
informal to defeat someone completely
::They murdered us in the final.