as in murderous
eager for or marked by the shedding of blood, extreme violence, or killing
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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That brings us to the Notre Dame’s exclusion from the 12-team College Football Playoff (CFP) and the school’s post-decision posturing—at times, rhetorically homicidal—that the ACC played a role in keeping the Irish from potentially winning the national championship.
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Rick Burton, Sportico.com, 13 Dec. 2025
Slaughter was charged with felony counts of first-degree murder, residential arson, dismembering a human body, and concealing a homicidal death.
—Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
Then, the detective hired to vaporize the homicidal mountain lion discovers the animal is getting a bum rap — the businessman had been murdered before the mauling began.
—Chris Hewitt, Boston Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Ooh, this one is of a homicidal purple alien chainsawing my child’s head off.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside, 20 Oct. 2025
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Rick Burton, Sportico.com, 13 Dec. 2025
Slaughter was charged with felony counts of first-degree murder, residential arson, dismembering a human body, and concealing a homicidal death.
—Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025
Then, the detective hired to vaporize the homicidal mountain lion discovers the animal is getting a bum rap — the businessman had been murdered before the mauling began.
—Chris Hewitt, Boston Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Ooh, this one is of a homicidal purple alien chainsawing my child’s head off.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside, 20 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for homicidal
murderous
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Large swaths of territory in our region, including large parts of Mexico, really large parts of Mexico, have been controlled by murderous drug cartels.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
25 Feb. 2026
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For years, large swaths of territory in our region, including large parts of Mexico, really large parts of Mexico, have been controlled by murderous drug cartels.—
TIME Staff,
Time,
25 Feb. 2026
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“Homicidal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homicidal. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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