homicidal
adjective
ho·mi·cid·al
ˌhä-mə-ˈsī-dᵊl 
ˌhō-
ˌhō-
: of, relating to, or tending toward homicide
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Examples of homicidal in a Sentence
court-appointed psychiatrists have described the accused as a sociopath with homicidal tendencies who is a danger to himself and others
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Donning false teeth and a homicidal sneer, Dafoe embodied pure evil in Lynch’s crazed road movie, starring opposite Laura Dern and Nicolas Cage.
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Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
The games, though, have come to seem less important than the players and their miserable, occasionally homicidal, occasionally kind interactions.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024
Harry is a detective with the Miami-Dade Police Department and a forensics expert who trains Dexter to focus his homicidal impulses on killing murderers without getting caught.
—Ashley Hume, Fox News, 13 Dec. 2024
Even after Kissinger left power, his playbook remained open well into the 1980s with the Reagan administration’s cosseting of homicidal right-wing regimes like El Salvador’s and Guatemala’s.
—Tim Padgett, Sun Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2024
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Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
The games, though, have come to seem less important than the players and their miserable, occasionally homicidal, occasionally kind interactions.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024
Harry is a detective with the Miami-Dade Police Department and a forensics expert who trains Dexter to focus his homicidal impulses on killing murderers without getting caught.
—Ashley Hume, Fox News, 13 Dec. 2024
Even after Kissinger left power, his playbook remained open well into the 1980s with the Reagan administration’s cosseting of homicidal right-wing regimes like El Salvador’s and Guatemala’s.
—Tim Padgett, Sun Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2024
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“Homicidal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/homicidal. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
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homicidal
adjective
ho·mi·cid·al
ˌhäm-ə-ˈsīd-ᵊl
ˌhō-mə-
: of, relating to, or having tendencies toward the killing of another person : murderous
Medical Definition
homicidal
adjective
ho·mi·cid·al
ˌhäm-ə-ˈsīd-ᵊl
ˌhō-mə-
ˌhō-mə-
: of, relating to, or tending toward homicide
Legal Definition
homicidal
adjective
ho·mi·ci·dal
ˌhä-mə-ˈsīd-ᵊl, ˌhō-
: of, relating to, or tending toward homicide
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