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1. Unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
   - slaying, execution

1. Kill intentionally and with premeditation
   "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered";
   - slay, hit, dispatch, bump off, off, polish off, remove
    
2. Alter so as to make unrecognizable
   "The tourists murdered the French language";
   - mangle, mutilate

Derived forms: murdering, murders, murdered

Type of: distort, falsify, garble, homicide, kill, warp

Encyclopedia: Murder, She Wrote 2008