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The correct spelling is murther.
How to pronounce murther
noun
Say it like: Mur-the-r
The correct spelling is murther. The crime of deliberately killing another person without justification. For example: "The defendant was charged with murder."
Usage Examples
“The defendant was charged with murder.”
“There have been ten unsolved murders this year alone.”
“This headache is murder.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.The crime of deliberately killing another person without justification.
- 2.The act of deliberate killing of another person or other being without justification, especially with malice aforethought.
- 3.(in jurisdictions which use the felony murder rule) The commission of an act which abets the commission of a crime the commission of which causes the death of a human.
- 4.(used as a predicative noun) Something terrible to endure.
- 5.(collective) A group of crows; the collective noun for crows.
verb
- 1.To deliberately kill (a person or persons) without justification, especially with malice aforethought.
- 2.To defeat decisively.
- 3.To kick someone's ass or chew someone out (used to express one’s anger at somebody).
- 4.To botch or mangle.
- 5.To devour, ravish.
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