murder
/ˈmɜːdə(r)/noun
उच्चारण मर्डर
हत्या, कत्ल, खून
Core wordPYP · asked 4 times
Asked in previous papers
as synonym
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[U, C]
the crime of killing somebody deliberately
हत्या, कत्ल, खून
- He was accused of murder.
- an increase in the number of murders
- The detective investigated a murder in the old haveli.
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- He was found guilty of murder.
- The film is a thriller about a murder on a train.
Synonyms killing homicide assassination slaying slaughter
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[U] informal
used to describe something that is difficult or unpleasant
(बोलचाल में) बहुत कठिन चीज़
- The traffic was murder this morning.
- The queue at the ration shop was murder today.
- Climbing the stairs with the shopping was murder.
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- The summer heat in Delhi is murder.
- Getting a seat on that train at rush hour is murder.
Synonyms hell a nightmare an ordeal
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[T] ~ sb
to kill somebody deliberately and illegally
हत्या करना
- He was murdered for his money.
- The novel begins when a rich merchant is murdered.
- The prince was murdered by his own minister.
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- She was murdered in the story's first chapter.
- The police are searching for the man who murdered the shopkeeper.
Synonyms kill slay assassinate do away with eliminate
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
commit murder / a murder
Murder is committed; we do not 'do' a murder. The noun is countable or uncountable.
'Murder' किया नहीं जाता, 'commit' किया जाता है। Noun countable और uncountable दोनों हो सकता है।
- The police arrested him for committing murder.
- Three murders were reported this month.
be murdered with / by
Use with for the weapon and by for the person.
हथियार के लिए 'with' और करने वाले व्यक्ति के लिए 'by' आता है।
- He was murdered with an iron rod.
- The shopkeeper was murdered by two robbers.
murder + trial / charge / case
In law, charge, trial and case are used with murder; a person is charged with murder.
कानूनी भाषा में murder के साथ charge, trial और case आते हैं; व्यक्ति पर 'charged with murder' लगता है।
- He is on trial for murder.
- She was charged with murder.
murder (informal: very difficult)
Informally, murder means something very hard or unpleasant: 'The traffic was murder'.
अनौपचारिक रूप से 'murder' का अर्थ बहुत कठिन या कष्टदायक चीज़ है: 'The traffic was murder'।
- This heat is murder on the old.
+Collocations 4
verb + murder
commitsolveinvestigatewitnessplot
- Detectives solved the murder within a week.
adjective + murder
brutalcold-bloodedpremeditatedmysteriousdouble
- The court called it a premeditated murder.
murder + noun
caseweapontrialmysterycharge
- The murder weapon was found near the well.
get away with murder
get away with murderscream blue murdercry murdermurder in cold blood
- The monitor lets his friends get away with murder.
“More examples 5
- The police found the murder weapon in the river.
पुलिस को नदी में हत्या का हथियार मिला।
- He was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder.
उसे हत्या के लिए आजीवन कारावास की सज़ा दी गई।
- Radhika loves reading murder mysteries on rainy evenings.
राधिका को बरसाती शामों में हत्या-रहस्य कथाएँ पढ़ना पसंद है।
- The accused denied murder and pleaded not guilty.
अभियुक्त ने हत्या से इनकार किया और खुद को निर्दोष बताया।
- The queue was murder, and we waited three hours.
कतार बहुत कष्टदायक थी और हमने तीन घंटे प्रतीक्षा की।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ The accused did a murder last year.
✓ The accused committed a murder last year.
The verb that goes with murder is commit.
Murder के साथ सही क्रिया 'commit' है, 'do' नहीं।
✗ The man was murdered by a knife.
✓ The man was murdered with a knife.
Use with for the weapon; by names the person.
हथियार के लिए 'with' आता है; 'by' व्यक्ति के लिए है।
✗ He was murdered to death by the gang.
✓ He was murdered by the gang.
Murder already means to kill, so 'to death' is redundant and wrong; compare 'beaten to death'.
'Murder' का अर्थ ही हत्या है, इसलिए 'to death' अनावश्यक और गलत है; 'beaten to death' से तुलना करें।
¶Idioms 1
get away with murder
to do whatever you want without being stopped or punished
मनमानी करके भी बच निकलना
- The youngest child gets away with murder.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
Synonyms
killing homicide assassination slaying slaughter hell a nightmare an ordeal kill slay assassinate do away with eliminate
AaSpelling
mur·der
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Get away with murder.
Idiom: 'get away with murder' का अर्थ है बहुत बुरा काम करके भी सज़ा से बच जाना, या ऐसी छूट पाना जो दूसरों को नहीं मिलती।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
One-word substitution, asked very often: the killing of an important person, often for political reasons, is assassination; the killing of a large number of people massacre or genocide (of a whole race or group); killing by a person without planning manslaughter or culpable homicide; a person who murders is a murderer.
यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: किसी महत्वपूर्ण व्यक्ति की, प्रायः राजनीतिक कारणों से, हत्या assassination; बड़ी संख्या में लोगों की हत्या massacre या genocide (पूरी जाति या समूह की); बिना योजना के हत्या manslaughter या culpable homicide; हत्या करने वाला murderer।