3. To mutilate, spoil, or deform, as if with malice or cruelty; to mangle; as, to murder the king's English.
Syn.
— To kill; assassinate; slay. See Kill.
MURDERER
Mur"der*er, n.
1. One guilty of murder; a person who, in possession of his reason, unlawfully kills a human being with premeditated malice.
2. A small cannon, formerly used for clearing a ship's decks of boarders; — called also murdering piece. [Obs.]
MURDERESS
Mur"der*ess, n.
Defn: A woman who commits murder.
MURDERMENT
Mur"der*ment, n.
Defn: Murder. [Obs.] Farfax.
MURDEROUS
Mur"der*ous, a.