homicidal
adjective
ho·mi·cid·al
ˌhä-mə-ˈsī-dᵊl 
ˌhō-
ˌhō-
: of, relating to, or tending toward homicide
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court-appointed psychiatrists have described the accused as a sociopath with homicidal tendencies who is a danger to himself and others
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Most often, they’re stoked to see Judy, Cardellini’s homicidal but loveable character from showrunner Liz Feldman’s black comedy Dead to Me, which ran for three seasons on Netflix from 2019 to 2022.
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Tom Smyth, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2025
Listen to this article A Missouri woman is behind bars after confessing to shooting her estranged husband, her ex-boyfriend and her ex’s new girlfriend in a homicidal spree across two states.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 29 Jan. 2025
Advertisement Defendants from a ‘homicidal society’ Johnson, 63, has been serving a life sentence since 1996 for attempting to murder a Madera County sheriff’s deputy.
—Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
Most often, they’re stoked to see Judy, Cardellini’s homicidal but loveable character from showrunner Liz Feldman’s black comedy Dead to Me, which ran for three seasons on Netflix from 2019 to 2022.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 21 Dec. 2024
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“Homicidal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/homicidal. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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homicidal
adjective
ho·mi·cid·al
ˌhäm-ə-ˈsīd-ᵊl
ˌhō-mə-
: of, relating to, or having tendencies toward the killing of another person : murderous
Medical Definition
homicidal
adjective
ho·mi·cid·al
ˌhäm-ə-ˈsīd-ᵊl
ˌhō-mə-
ˌhō-mə-
: of, relating to, or tending toward homicide
Legal Definition
homicidal
adjective
ho·mi·ci·dal
ˌhä-mə-ˈsīd-ᵊl, ˌhō-
: of, relating to, or tending toward homicide
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