To kill; slay in or as in battle.
To kill (a human being) with premeditated malice; kill criminally. See murder, n., 1.
To kill or slaughter in an inhuman or barbarous manner.
To destroy; put an end to.
To abuse or violate grossly; mar by bad execution, pronunciation, representation, etc.: as, to murder the queen's English; the actor murdered the part he had to play.
Synonyms Slay, Despatch, etc. See kill.
noun.
Homicide with malice aforethought; as legally defined, the unlawful killing of a human being, by a person of sound mind, by an act causing death within a year and a day thereafter, with premeditated malice.
noun.
Slaughter; destruction.