homicide

homicide

noun

Definition of HOMICIDE

1

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

Synonyms blood, foul play, murder, rubout, slaying

Related Words chance-medley, killing, manslaughter; bloodshed, butchery, carnage, decimation, destruction, massacre, slaughter; assassination, execution, hit; euthanasia, mercy killing; filicide, fratricide, matricide, parricide, patricide, regicide, uxoricide

2

a person who kills another person <throughout the ages society has stigmatized the homicide>

Synonyms cutthroat, homicide, killer, manslayer, murderer

Related Words bravo, hit man, torpedo, triggerman; butcher, executioner, massacrer, slaughterer, slayer; murderess