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homicide

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of homicide

1 the intentional and unlawful taking of another personʼs life

it was feared that the missing man was the victim of a homicide, but no clues as to his disappearance were ever found

Synonyms of homicide

blood, foul play, murder, rubout, slaying

Words Related to homicide

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 of homicide

assassin, cutthroat, killer, manslayer, murderer

Words Related to homicide

bravo, hit man, torpedo, triggerman

butcher, executioner, massacrer, slaughterer, slayer

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