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homicidal

[hom-uh-sahyd-l, hoh-muh-]

adjective

  1. of or relating to homicide.

  2. having a tendency to commit homicide.



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Other Word Forms

  • homicidally adverb
  • unhomicidal adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of homicidal1

First recorded in 1715–25; homicide + -al 1
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Joel and Ellie survived zombie hordes, cannibals and homicidal despots, only to have him be taken down by good intentions.

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She had to leave her husband behind after he surrendered to Canadian authorities; the homicidal Gilead sympathizer from whom Luke defended June died of his wounds.

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Costello says: "It was foolhardy almost to the point of homicidal to cut them adrift in a force 10 storm."

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At parole hearings, Johnson denied belonging to the Aryan Brotherhood and attributed his disciplinary record — which included stabbings and rioting — to the “homicidal society” behind prison walls.

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"This is not a homicidal maniac. This is a community of people that came together to do this to another community," Prof Schulting adds.

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