murder : Idioms & Phrases


blue murder

  • noun an extravagantly loud outcry
    • she screamed blue murder
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like blue murder

  • adverb at top speed
    flat out.
    • he ran flat out to catch the bus
    • he was off down the road like blue murder
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mass murder

  • noun the savage and excessive killing of many people
    butchery; massacre; carnage; slaughter.
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murder charge

  • noun an indictment charging someone with murder
    murder charge.
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murder conviction

  • noun conviction for murder
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murder indictment

  • noun an indictment charging someone with murder
    murder charge.
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murder mystery

  • noun a narrative about a murder and how the murderer is discovered
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murder suspect

  • noun someone suspected of committing murder
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race murder

  • noun systematic killing of a racial or cultural group
    racial extermination; genocide.
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self-murder

Self`-mur"der adjective
Definitions
  1. Suicide.
Webster 1913