Cause the death of and Murder

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Murder and cause the death of are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Murder" instead a verb "Cause the death of".

Murder verb - To put to death deliberately.

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Cause the death of and murder are semantically related. You can use "Cause the death of" instead a verb "Murder".

Historically, "slay" meant "cause the death of, including justifiably", while "kill" meant "murder"... and "murder" meant "assassinate"; the coinage of "assassinate" by Shakespeare probably contributed to the definition-creep of the other words.

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