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
There was the first person to try the Oak Grove 100, and everyone else who kept up a tradition that proved to be homicidal.
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Thomas Lake,
AJC.com,
4 June 2026
Directed by Michael Patrick Jann, this mockumentary is an outlandish mashup of sugary Midwestern femininity and homicidal rage, where nothing — nothing — is more important than winning.
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Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 June 2026
Friedkin was deft on TV, as was Alfred Hitchcock, who took viewers into his confidence by revealing the famously homicidal tensions in Psycho (1960).
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Peter Bart,
Deadline,
22 May 2026
Instead of a Buffy-like television show, however, this one recreates a fictional slasher franchise called Camp Miasma, a typical homicidal-maniac-versus-horny-teens-in-the-woods series that bears more than a passing resemblance to the Friday the 13th movies.
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David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
20 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for homicidal
Thomas Lake,
AJC.com,
4 June 2026
Directed by Michael Patrick Jann, this mockumentary is an outlandish mashup of sugary Midwestern femininity and homicidal rage, where nothing — nothing — is more important than winning.
—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 June 2026
Friedkin was deft on TV, as was Alfred Hitchcock, who took viewers into his confidence by revealing the famously homicidal tensions in Psycho (1960).
—
Peter Bart,
Deadline,
22 May 2026
Instead of a Buffy-like television show, however, this one recreates a fictional slasher franchise called Camp Miasma, a typical homicidal-maniac-versus-horny-teens-in-the-woods series that bears more than a passing resemblance to the Friday the 13th movies.
—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
20 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for homicidal
murderous
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Maybe Othello was primed and ready to be worked into a murderous rage.
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Pure white cloth, born in the murderous toil of slavery, formed in debilitating factory conditions, and finished through the agony of Sicilian children, was bleached in more ways than one.
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“Homicidal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homicidal. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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