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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
Since Bukele took office in 2019, government statistics show a drastic drop in homicides.
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Marcos Aleman, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
Some involve unsolved homicides, while others are missing persons cases with no signs of foul play.
—Natasha Chen, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2026
Retaliatory homicides of gang adversaries have spasmed for six years in Fort Worth, at times creating a sorrowful rhythm of tit-for-tat killings.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2026
After a two-year spike during the pandemic and national outrage over police accountability, Chicago began to see a decline in homicides in 2022.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
The killings are the city’s 33rd, 34th and 35th homicides of the year, according to data tracked by The Star.
—Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2026
Tragically, the warning signs that precede homicides by an intimate partner are common but often misunderstood or unrecognized.
—Kathryn Spearman, The Conversation, 20 Apr. 2026
For Markham, the double homicides were the only murders in all of 2025.
—Jermont Terry, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
Not all homicides are murders, such as justified killings and negligent deaths.
—Wendi C. Thomas, ProPublica, 15 Apr. 2026
Marcos Aleman, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
Some involve unsolved homicides, while others are missing persons cases with no signs of foul play.
—Natasha Chen, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2026
Retaliatory homicides of gang adversaries have spasmed for six years in Fort Worth, at times creating a sorrowful rhythm of tit-for-tat killings.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2026
After a two-year spike during the pandemic and national outrage over police accountability, Chicago began to see a decline in homicides in 2022.
—Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
The killings are the city’s 33rd, 34th and 35th homicides of the year, according to data tracked by The Star.
—Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2026
Tragically, the warning signs that precede homicides by an intimate partner are common but often misunderstood or unrecognized.
—Kathryn Spearman, The Conversation, 20 Apr. 2026
For Markham, the double homicides were the only murders in all of 2025.
—Jermont Terry, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
Not all homicides are murders, such as justified killings and negligent deaths.
—Wendi C. Thomas, ProPublica, 15 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for homicides
Noun
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He was arrested a week after Caballero’s body was found, authorities said, and confessed to the three murders.—
Dennis Romero,
NBC news,
25 Apr. 2026
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According to prosecutors, police and hit squad members carried out dozens of murders at Duterte’s behest starting in 2011, motivated by the promise of money or to avoid becoming targets themselves.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
24 Apr. 2026
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Why hadn’t any of her producers and writers over the years—a murderers’ row including Tove Lo, Julia Michaels, and the duo Monsters & Strangerz, of the Max Martin school—struck the vein of her personality?—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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The cast is a murderers row of British actors, and the twisting plot of the novel is full of introspection and doubt, which makes for a tight 127 minutes of shocking revelations told through stern and troubled looks.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Apr. 2026
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The crisis caused by Minneapolis killings Senators returned to work this week dealing with the fallout from the fatal shooting of ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis by federal immigration officers, as well as the killing of Renee Good in the city weeks earlier.—
Joey Cappelletti,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Jan. 2026
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Crisis after Minneapolis killings Senators returned to work this week dealing with the fallout from the fatal shooting of ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis by federal immigration officers, as well as the killing of Renee Good in the city weeks earlier.—
Joey Cappelletti,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Jan. 2026
Noun
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No wonder all these characters wanted to become assassins, Scott implies; they’re removed from reality by so many orders of magnitude that living, breathing fellow humans are just blurry images.—
Theater Critic,
San Francisco Chronicle,
29 Mar. 2026
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Mirrors were such a precious commodity in the heyday of the Venetian Republic that the assassins were dispatched to, well, dispatch any defectors who left La Serenissima and tried to take the secrets of creating that mesmerizing, reflective surface along with them.—
Mark Ellwood,
Robb Report,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Homicides.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homicides. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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