murder-v; 2 Senses

Sense Number 1: kill intentionally

Examples:
The report suggests the possibility of him being murdered.
The defendant murdered the victim in the course of an hour.
It says that Columbus kidnapped , enslaved, and murdered the Arawak people.

Mappings:
VerbNet: murder-42.1
FrameNet: Killing
PropBank: murder.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: badly or disrespectfully alter

Examples:
The tourists murdered the Japanese language.
No, Rita Cosby murdered the little princess.
They murdered the finest of French culture and threw that country into 200 years of turmoil.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2