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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Recent Examples of homicidal
Berkowitz was obsessed with the true-crime According to Berkowitz, an obsession with true crime entertainment helped develop his homicidal tendencies.
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Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 30 July 2025
Imagine if zombies were just humans who their intellect, but are also homicidal maniacs.
—Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 24 July 2025
After observing the autopsy, Baden claimed that Epstein's injuries—including fractures in the hyoid bone—were more typical of homicidal strangulation than suicide.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025
With Julie and Wonders’ Ava Brooks defeating Ray, his homicidal protege is still out there and ready to take revenge in another installment.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 19 July 2025
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Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 30 July 2025
Imagine if zombies were just humans who their intellect, but are also homicidal maniacs.
—Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 24 July 2025
After observing the autopsy, Baden claimed that Epstein's injuries—including fractures in the hyoid bone—were more typical of homicidal strangulation than suicide.
—Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 July 2025
With Julie and Wonders’ Ava Brooks defeating Ray, his homicidal protege is still out there and ready to take revenge in another installment.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 19 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for homicidal
Recent Examples of Synonyms for homicidal
murderous
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Temuera Morrison plays a terrific villain as the murderous King Kahekili (if only Boba Fett could have been so diabolical in his own show).—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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But both Dexter and Dexter viewers get quite the shock at the end of the episode when the Gemini Killer casually meets back up with Dexter and their fellow murderous peers, as if nothing happened at all.—
Josh Wigler,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Aug. 2025
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“Homicidal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homicidal. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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