Homicide vs. Murder

Homicidenoun

The killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional.

Murdernoun

(countable) An act of deliberate killing of another being, especially a human.

‘There have been ten unsolved murders this year alone.’;

Homicidenoun

(countable) A person who kills another.

Murdernoun

(uncountable) The crime of deliberate killing of another human.

‘The defendant was charged with murder.’;

Homicidenoun

A victim of homicide; a person who has been unlawfully killed by someone else.

Murdernoun

The commission of an act which abets the commission of a crime the commission of which causes the death of a human.

Homicidenoun

The killing of one human being by another.

Murdernoun

Something terrible to endure.

‘This headache is murder.’;

Homicidenoun

One who kills another; a manslayer.

Murdernoun

A group of crows; the collective noun for crows.

Homicidenoun

the killing of a human being by another human being

Murderverb

To deliberately kill (a person or persons).

‘The woman found dead in her kitchen was murdered by her husband.’;

Homicide

Homicide is an act of a human killing another person. A homicide requires only a volitional act that causes the death of another, and thus a homicide may result from accidental, reckless, or negligent acts even if there is no intent to cause harm.

Murderverb

To defeat decisively.

‘Our team is going to murder them.’;

Murderverb

To botch or mangle.

Murderverb

To kick someone’s ass or chew someone out (used to express one’s anger at somebody).

‘He’s torn my best shirt. When I see him, I’ll murder him!’;

Murderverb

to devour, ravish.

‘I could murder a hamburger right now.’;

Murdernoun

The offense of killing a human being with malice prepense or aforethought, express or implied; intentional and unlawful homicide.

‘The killing of their children had, in the account of God, the guilt of murder, as the offering them to idols had the guilt of idolatry.’; ‘Slaughter grows murder when it goes too far.’;

Murderverb

To kill with premediated malice; to kill (a human being) willfully, deliberately, and unlawfully. See Murder, n.

Murderverb

To destroy; to put an end to.

‘[Canst thou] murder thy breath in middle of a word?’;

Murderverb

To mutilate, spoil, or deform, as if with malice or cruelty; to mangle; as, to murder the king’s English.

Murdernoun

unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being

Murderverb

kill intentionally and with premeditation;

‘The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered’;

Murderverb

alter so as to make unrecognizable;

‘The tourists murdered the French language’;

Murder

Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse, especially the unlawful killing of another human with malice aforethought. This state of mind may, depending upon the jurisdiction, distinguish murder from other forms of unlawful homicide, such as manslaughter.