Thesaurus results for HOMICIDE

homicide

noun

ˈhä-mə-ˌsīd

as in murder

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 murderer

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

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Recent Examples of homicide It was reopened in March 2025, and in October police confirmed the death was being investigated as a possible homicide. —

ABC News, 19 May 2026 Two Detroit families are seeking answers in a 2019 double homicide that claimed the lives of two fathers. —

Veronica Ortega, CBS News, 19 May 2026 His death was ruled a homicide, according to the custodial death report from Attorney General’s Office. —

Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 May 2026 The homicide investigation is the fourth this year by Antioch police. —

Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 5 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for homicide

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The cruel cartoon of a constantly shrewish, venal, and disloyal Mary began cementing itself in the public mind when William Herndon, Lincoln’s Springfield law partner, started lecturing about his reminiscences within months of the President’s murder.

— Thomas Mallon, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
Last week, the South Carolina Supreme Court delivered an account of how Hill’s conduct during the 2023 double-murder trial crossed ethical and constitutional lines, ultimately unraveling the state’s conviction of Murdaugh.

— Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2026