murder suicide
n.
when a person kills someone then takes their own life it is referred to as a murder suicide
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murder
n
1 the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another
Compare →
manslaughter →
homicide
2 Informal something dangerous, difficult, or unpleasant
driving around London is murder
3 ♦
cry blue murder
Informal to make an outcry
4 ♦
get away with murder
Informal to escape censure; do as one pleases
vb mainly tr
5 also intr to kill (someone) unlawfully with premeditation or during the commission of a crime
7 Informal to destroy; ruin
he murdered her chances of happiness
8 Informal to defeat completely; beat decisively the home team murdered their opponents (Also (archaic or dialect))
murther (Old English morthor; related to Old English morth, Old Norse morth, Latin mors death; compare French meurtre) ♦
murderer n ♦
murderess fem n
blue murder
n
Informal a great outcry, noise; horrible din (esp. in such phrases as cry, howl, scream, etc., blue murder)
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