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Meaning of half murder | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The committing of a grievous, but not fatal, injury.

India, countable, idiomatic, uncountable

Examples

“That was the half murder. The next one was a liquor seller, Philips Daruwala, and that was the first proper murder.”
“Before he could get out Rita was already arrested for half-murder of her step-father.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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