(countable) An act of deliberate killing of another human being.
There have been ten unsolved murders this year alone.
(uncountable) (law) The crime of deliberate killing.
The defendant was charged with murder.
(uncountable) (When used as a predicative noun): Something terrible to endure.
This headache is murder.
(countable) The collective noun for crows
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