▸ noun: (uncountable) The crime of killing a person unlawfully, especially with predetermination. ▸ noun: (uncountable, law, in jurisdictions which use the felony murder rule) The act of committing or abetting a crime that results in the killing of a person, regardless of intent, and even if the committer or abettor is not the one who killed the person: felony murder. ▸ noun: (countable) The act of killing a person (or sometimes another being) unlawfully, especially with predetermination ▸ noun: (uncountable, used as a predicative noun) Something terrible to endure. ▸ noun: (countable, collective) A group of crows; the collective noun for crows. ▸ noun: (dated slang) Something remarkable or impressive. ▸ verb: To illegally kill (a person or persons) with intent, especially with predetermination ▸ verb: (transitive, sports, figuratively, colloquial, hyperbolic) To defeat decisively. ▸ verb: (figuratively, colloquial, hyperbolic) To kick someone's ass or chew someone out (used to express one’s anger at somebody). ▸ verb: To botch or mangle. ▸ verb: (figuratively, colloquial, British) To devour, ravish. ▸ noun: A surname.
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