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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
For example, a politically motivated shooting might be coded as terrorism in federal reporting, cataloged as political violence by the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project, and prosecuted as a homicide or a hate crime at the state level.
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Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2025
The investigation by the department's homicide unit is ongoing.
—David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 18 Sep. 2025
Traffic homicide detectives from the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office are investigating.
—Jillian Frankel, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
At this time last year, the city had recorded 115 homicides.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2025
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Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2025
The investigation by the department's homicide unit is ongoing.
—David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 18 Sep. 2025
Traffic homicide detectives from the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office are investigating.
—Jillian Frankel, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2025
At this time last year, the city had recorded 115 homicides.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for homicide
Noun
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Three people were killed in a murder-suicide shooting near a middle school in Illinois on Tuesday.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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McDonald, portrayed as the main attacker, was convicted of murder, but later released because of health issues.—
Tony Saavedra,
Oc Register,
17 Sep. 2025
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The main competition has in the Limited Series category now that The White Lotus has been booted out is Adolescence, the huge hit on Netflix about a teen murderer that featured incredible performances and four, one-shot episodes that practically seemed impossible to film.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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He’s joined by another (somewhat literal) murderers’ row of actors including Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Kerry Washington, Cailee Spaeny, Andrew Scott, and Thomas Haden Church.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
8 Sep. 2025
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That assassin went on to seriously wound a colleague of Hortman and her husband and had a hit list of forty-four Democrats.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
19 Sep. 2025
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Disney, the parent company of ABC, removed the late-night comedian from its airwaves after a conservative outcry over Kimmel’s remarks about Charlie Kirk’s assassin culminated in public pressure from FCC Chair Brendan Carr.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Homicide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homicide. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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