nnoun.actunlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human beingSynset:execution slaying
Derivationally Related Form:murderexecuteslaymurderous
Hypernyms:homicide
Inherited Hypernyms:murderhomicidekillingterminationchange of statechangeactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:assassinationbloodshedbutcherycarnagecontract killingdry-gulchingeliminationfilicidefratricidegorehitinfanticideliquidationlynchingmariticidemass murdermassacreparricideregicideshoot-downslaughterthuggeetyrannicideuxoricide
Full Hyponyms:assassinationbloodbathbloodshedcontract killingdry-gulchingeliminationfilicidefratricidehitinfanticidelynchingmariticidematricideparricidepatricideregicideshoot-downslaughterthuggeetyrannicideuxoricide
vverb.socialkill intentionally and with premeditationSynset:bump off dispatch hit off polish off remove slay
Examples:- The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered
Derivationally Related Form:murderslayermurdererdispatchslayinghit
Hypernyms:kill
Inherited Hypernyms:murderkill
Direct Hyponyms:burkeexecute
Full Troponyms:burkeexecute
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | They want to --- the prisoners (apply to: murder) | Sam cannot --- Sue (apply to: slay, hit, dispatch, bump off)
vverb.changealter so as to make unrecognizableSynset:mangle mutilate
Examples:- The tourists murdered the French language
Hypernyms:distort falsify garble warp
Inherited Hypernyms:manglefalsifymisrepresentrepresentexpress
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something