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homicides

noun

plural of homicide
1
as in murders
the intentional and unlawful taking of another person's life it was feared that the missing man was the victim of a homicide, but no clues as to his disappearance were ever found

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as in murderers
a person who kills another person throughout the ages society has stigmatized the homicide

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Recent Examples of homicides South Africa has extremely high rates of violent crime, with official police statistics recording 5,427 homicides in the latest three-month period between April and June at an average of nearly 60 homicides a day. — ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026 The shooting is the latest in a series of mass killings in South Africa, where police recorded 5,427 homicides during a recent three-month period. — Gerald Imray, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026 Last year, a total of 21 people died in homicides during the whole year. — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026 The death of Choi, who rubbed shoulders with Hong Kong’s showbiz and business elites, sent shockwaves through the wealthy financial hub, where homicides are rare, and made global headlines. — Chris Lau, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026 As of Thursday morning, Baltimore police had responded to 80 homicides in 2026, 13 fewer than at the same time last year. — Adam Thompson, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026 Avondale has averaged five homicides per year since 2022, but the city now has had seven slayings in 2026 with more than three months left in the year. — Ronald J. Hansen, AZCentral.com, 18 Sep. 2026 Next on the list is Los Angeles, with over 1 million more people, which saw 192 homicides. — John Schmidt, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for homicides
  1. murders
  2. murderers
  3. killings
  4. assassins
Noun
  • Which was a more challenging scene to film in the early episodes, the murders or the near-death attempt and vomiting?
    — Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 18 Sep. 2026
  • In fact, though John arrived on August 3, Lizzie saw him only after the murders on the following afternoon.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of murders
Noun
  • In previous seasons depicting infamous American murderers Ed Gein, Jeffrey Dahmer, and the Menendez brothers, their, uh, creative interpretation of the facts prompted backlash from victims’ families and sparked debate over the ethics of true crime.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
  • We are steeped in relativism, as confined by our narratives as the murderers are confined by theirs.
    — Robert Stone, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of murderers
Noun
  • The Johnson County District Court sentenced Robinson to death for the killings of two women and to life in prison in Kansas for the killing of a third.
    — Alexa Newsom, Kansas City Star, 18 June 2026
  • Myung Jin Kim, 31, was wanted in connection with two killings, including a botched murder-for-hire plot in San Jose in 2016 and the killing of Kim’s friend in the parking lot of a CVS in Westminster two years later.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026
Definition of killings
Noun
  • Some earlier assassins expected it of themselves, canceling plots that would have killed bystanders.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The settler assassins were arrested by the police and as usual released within a few hours.
    — David Shulman, The New York Review of Books, 26 Aug. 2026
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