Homicide

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  • noun. The killing of one person by another, regardless of intention or legality.
  • noun. A person who kills another person.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A person who kills another; a manslayer.
  • noun. The killing of a human being by a human being.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The killing of one human being by another.
  • noun. One who kills another; a manslayer.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional.
  • noun. A person who kills another.
  • noun. A victim of homicide; a person who has been unlawfully killed by someone else.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the killing of a human being by another human being
    • Word Usage
    "These are the words Carroll Ann Ellis uses to open the biweekly meeting of the homicide support group in Fairfax County, Virginia, outside of Washington, D.C. The term homicide survivor may appear, at first, tobe an oxymoron; by definition of the crime, the victim does not survive."
    cross-reference
    filicide  genocide  infanticide  matricide  patricide  
    Form
    homicidal  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    kill  killing  putting to death  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    execution  honor killing  manslaughter  murder  shooting  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    abduction  adultery  arson  assassination  assault  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Cain  aborticide  apache  assassin  assassination  
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