† murtrishv.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. = murder v. 1.
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the world > life > death > killing > man-killing or homicide > murder or assassination > murder or assassinate [verb (transitive)]
amurderOE
murderc1175
homicidec1470
murdresc1480
murtrish1490
manquell1548
slaughter1582
massacre1591
assassinate1600
remove1609
assassin1620
to do the business for a person1759
Septembrize1794
croak1823
square1888
shift1898
to take out1900
to bump off1907
bump1914
to do in1914
to put out1917
to knock off1919
terminate1920
to give (a person) the works1929
scrag1930
snuff1932
wash1941
waste1964
wipe1968
to terminate with extreme prejudice1969
neutralize1970
snuff1973
stiff1974
1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) x. 264 How had ye the hert for to see vs murtrished in your presence?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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