Meanings
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of murder
adjectivemurdered (not comparable)
- not comparableThat has been murdered.
They apparently have a theory that the indefinable psychic gift that they call magic, and which we might designate "psychicism", can be acquired by accosting the soul of a murdered man in a burial ground at midnight.
1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 178
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivekilled unlawfully
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APA
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “murdered,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/murdered.
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