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
Drug packaging inserts often mention any event that was observed or measured in studies in which antidepressants were given, and some of those have observed a 1% incidence of homicidal ideation, Girgis said.
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Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
And, may God eternally bless them, there are the Drucker brothers, Lipa (Liev Schreiber) and Schmully (Vincent D’Onofrio), the homicidal Hasidic mobsters who still make time to visit their bubbe on the way to a massacre.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
Professional rivalries that turn homicidal.
—Teddy Wayne
august 12, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2025
At first, the snowman is part of the couple’s silly, intimate games, but eventually becomes a third wheel, resulting in homicidal rage and the love montage descending into something more akin to a horror movie.
—Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 4 Aug. 2025
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Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
And, may God eternally bless them, there are the Drucker brothers, Lipa (Liev Schreiber) and Schmully (Vincent D’Onofrio), the homicidal Hasidic mobsters who still make time to visit their bubbe on the way to a massacre.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
Professional rivalries that turn homicidal.
—Teddy Wayne
august 12, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2025
At first, the snowman is part of the couple’s silly, intimate games, but eventually becomes a third wheel, resulting in homicidal rage and the love montage descending into something more akin to a horror movie.
—Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 4 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for homicidal
murderous
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Those settlers managed to make an underground river with murderous maggots on unstable terrain into a tourist attraction in record time.—
Ann Patchett,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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The stories of the state's historic lodges are full of resilience, overcoming natural and economic disasters, and in one case, a brush with a murderous gang of bank robbers.—
Michael Salerno,
AZCentral.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Homicidal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homicidal. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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