Entry Word: homicide

Function: noun

Meaning: the intentional and unlawful taking of another personʼs life <the missing man was thought to be the victim of a homicide, but his body was never found>

Synonyms foul play, murder, slaying

Related Words killing, manslaughter; bloodshed, butchery, carnage, decimation, destruction, massacre, slaughter; assassination, execution; euthanasia, mercy killing