殺す

kill: 手段･意図･対象などを問わず, 「殺す」を意味する最も一般的な語

murder: 故意にまたは違法に人を殺すの意

assassinate: 特に政治的な理由で政治家･著名人などの要人を殺すの意

slaughter: 特に多数の人を虐殺するの意だが, 食用に動物を殺す意でも用いられる

massacre: 特に無防備な人を大量に殺すの意

slay: 人を殺害, 虐殺するの意で, 新聞の見出しや古い物語によく用いられる

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the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another:

殺人, 殺害, 人殺し; 殺人(に相当する)行為; C殺人事件 (!murderは故意の, 計画的な殺人, manslaughterは計画性のない殺人, homicideは主に｟米｠ で殺意の有無に関わらず使われる)

e.g. the stabbing murder of an off-Broadway producer

e.g. he was put on trial for attempted murder.

informal a very difficult or unpleasant task or experience:

｟話｠ (非常に)困難, 不快, やっかいなもの, こと

e.g. my first job at the steel mill was murder.

kill (someone) unlawfully and with premeditation:

〈人が〉(故意に)〈人〉を殺す, 殺害する (!主語が人である点に注意)

e.g. somebody tried to murder Joe.

informal punish severely or be very angry with:

｟話｠ «…のことで» …に激怒する «for» (!警告などで)

e.g. my father will murder me if I'm home late.

informal conclusively defeat (an opponent) in a game or sport.

｟英･くだけて｠ (団体競技などで)〈人〉を打ち負かす

spoil by lack of skill or knowledge:

｟くだけて｠ (下手な演奏･演技･使い方などで)〈歌･芝居･言葉など〉を台なしにする(spoil)

e.g. the only thing he had murdered was the English language.

informal succeed in doing whatever one chooses without being punished or suffering any disadvantage.

North American informal first-degree (or second-degree) murder.

murder cannot remain undetected.

informal make an extravagant and noisy protest: she had tripped and was screaming bloody murder.

Old English morthor, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch moord and German Mord, from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit mará ‘death’ and Latin mors; reinforced in Middle English by Old French murdre.