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homicides

noun , plural of homicide

Synonyms and Antonyms of homicides

1 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

Synonyms of homicides

blood, foul play, murders, rubouts, slayings

Words Related to homicides

chance-medleys, killings, manslaughters

bloodsheds, butcheries, carnages, decimations, destructions, massacres, slaughters

assassinations, executions, hits

euthanasias, mercy killings

filicides, fratricides, matricides, parricides, patricides, regicides, uxoricides

2 a person who kills another person

throughout the ages society has stigmatized the homicide

Synonyms of homicides

assassins, cutthroats, killers, manslayers, murderers

Words Related to homicides

bravos (or bravoes), hit men, torpedoes, triggermen

butchers, executioners, massacrers, slaughterers, slayers

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