murdered

4 definitions • 4 examples

past simple and past participle of

to commit the crime of intentionally killing a person:

Her husband was murdered by gunmen as she watched.

In the last year, terrorists have murdered several local journalists.

If you say you will or could murder someone, you mean you are very angry with them:

If he's late again, I'll murder him!

to do or perform something very badly, so that you spoil it completely:

karaoke singers who murder pop classics