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Murder

//ˈmɜːdə(ɹ)//

Synonyms for "murder" (130 found)

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General use (95)

Verb(23 words)

hit off remove dispatch slay execute extinguish mutilate eradicate annihilate root out get rid of mangle blot out exterminate polish off abolish asphyxiate decapitate bump off

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put to death behead wiping out

Noun, verb(26 words)

slip ruin remove purge rout spoil wreck smother muddle boggle stumble botch strangle blunder flounder bungle uproot genocide massacre purging

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bumble garrote miscue assassinate slaying murdering

Name, noun, verb(3 words)

abate slaughter mangle

Adj, noun, verb(3 words)

polish rid mutilate

Noun(25 words)

execution destruction elimination liquidation homicide bloodshed extermination eradication faux pas foul play decimation infanticide slaying fratricide parricide assassination regicide manslaughter patricide uxoricide

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matricide thuggee sororicide thuggery thuggism

Adj, name, noun, verb(1 words)

play havoc with blunder upon blunder away be all thumbs blunder into blunder on commit a gaffe bloody murder bumping-off

Informal (35)

Adj, name, noun, verb, slang(3 words)

cool butcher killing

Intj, name, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Adj, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Name, noun, verb, slang(4 words)

kill blood muff lynch

Noun, verb, slang(10 words)

finish put down hang poison lumber knock off wipe out fumble guillotine scrag

Adj, name, noun, phrase, verb, slang(1 words)

Verb, slang(9 words)

destroy put away eliminate do in lay low rub out snuff out dust off electrocute

Noun, slang(3 words)

removal carnage butchery

Adj, verb, slang(1 words)

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