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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
The number of homicides in Sacramento County in 2025 fell to the lowest level in decades, according to Sacramento County sheriff’s officials.
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Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
1 July 2026
According to the report, the city has recorded 50 homicides so far this year.
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Cbs Baltimore Staff,
CBS News,
1 July 2026
Some evidence points to distinct phenomena, such as the COVID pandemic and rising death rates from drug overdoses, suicides, homicides, traffic accidents and cardiovascular disease.
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Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 June 2026
The killings are the city’s 39th, 40th and 41st homicides of the year, according to the Jackson Police Department.
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Amanda Musa,
CNN Money,
29 June 2026
In 2022, there were 51 homicides, according to the report, compared to 16 in 2025.
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Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
29 June 2026
North Branch Correctional Institution, a maximum-security-level prison in Allegany County, reported five homicides in 2025, the most at a single facility in one year.
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Theodore Rose,
Baltimore Sun,
29 June 2026
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
1 July 2026
According to the report, the city has recorded 50 homicides so far this year.
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Cbs Baltimore Staff,
CBS News,
1 July 2026
Some evidence points to distinct phenomena, such as the COVID pandemic and rising death rates from drug overdoses, suicides, homicides, traffic accidents and cardiovascular disease.
—
Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 June 2026
The killings are the city’s 39th, 40th and 41st homicides of the year, according to the Jackson Police Department.
—
Amanda Musa,
CNN Money,
29 June 2026
In 2022, there were 51 homicides, according to the report, compared to 16 in 2025.
—
Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
29 June 2026
North Branch Correctional Institution, a maximum-security-level prison in Allegany County, reported five homicides in 2025, the most at a single facility in one year.
—
Theodore Rose,
Baltimore Sun,
29 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for homicides
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Their son Nick Reiner, 32, was arrested later that evening for their murders.
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Maurice Pierce was then wired up and sent to speak with Welborn, but investigators ultimately determined that Welborn and the others knew nothing about the murders, and no charges were filed at that time.
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There can be legitimate debate on immigration, but Trump veers into sinister areas of xenophobia of invading rapists and murderers.
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That year, even major characters and first-person narrators wound up dead, killed by strangers or friends or family members, often by parents, or serial murderers, or in accidents, usually right at the end at the story, no warning.
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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.
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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.
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These artisans, with their trade secrets, were kept on Murano, a cluster of islands just across the lagoon from the city, ostensibly as a precaution against fire, though the state would also send assassins after anyone who tried to leave.
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Unfortunately, Daemon’s hired assassins killed Aegon’s young son Jaehaerys instead so any real possibility for a family reconciliation was lost.
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“Homicides.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homicides. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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