murder :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

homicide, slaying

n. unlawful premeditated killing of a human being

mangle, mutilate

v. press with a mangle; "mangle the sheets"

dispatch, hit, remove, polish off, slay, bump off

v. kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"

matricide

n. the murder of your mother

patricide

n. the murder of your father

deform, change form, change shape

v. assume a different shape or form

heave, buckle, warp

v. bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat; "The highway buckled during the heat wave"

cripple

v. deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless; "This measure crippled our efforts"; "Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work"

gnarl

v. twist into a state of deformity; "The wind has gnarled this old tree"

maim, wound seriously, injure seriously

v. injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation; "people were maimed by the explosion"

disjoin, disjoint, become disjoint

v. become separated, disconnected or disjoint

take apart, dismember

v. divide into pieces; "our department was dismembered when our funding dried up"; "The Empire was discerped after the war"

slaughter, massacre, mow down

v. kill a large number of people indiscriminately; "The Hutus massacred the Tutsis in Rwanda"

slaughter, butcher

v. kill (animals) usually for food consumption; "They slaughtered their only goat to survive the winter"

get rid of, abolish

v. do away with; "Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia"

bump, demote, relegate, kick downstairs, assign to a lower position

v. assign to a lower position; reduce in rank; "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant"

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