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Homicide

🔄 Synonyms of "Homicide"

2 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
slayingnoun	Killing, especially the murder of a human.
murdernoun	(uncountable) The crime of killing a person unlawfully, especially with predetermination.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Homicide"

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Word	Definition
murdernoun	(uncountable) The crime of killing a person unlawfully, especially with predetermination.
slayingnoun	Killing, especially the murder of a human.
187noun	(US, by extension) Murder.
assassinationnoun	The murder of a person, especially for political reasons or for personal gain.
murderernoun	A person who commits murder.
manslaughternoun	(law) The unlawful killing of a human, either in negligence or incidentally to the commission of some unlawful act, but without specific malice, or upon a sudden excitement of anger; considered less culpable than murder, but more culpable than justifiable homicide.
homicidal	Having an inclination to commit homicide.
killernoun	One who or that which kills.
murdered	That has been murdered.
suicidenoun	(uncountable) The act of intentionally killing oneself.
killnoun	The act of killing.
killingnoun	The act of killing.
robberynoun	(crime) The offense of taking or attempting to take the property of another by force or threat of force.
deathnoun	The cessation of life and all associated processes; the end of an organism's existence as an entity independent from its environment and its return to an inert, nonliving state.
deprivationnoun	(uncountable) The state of being deprived; lack.
crimnoun	(UK, Australia, informal) A criminal.
crimenoun	(countable) A specific act committed in violation of the law, especially criminal law.
criminalnoun	A person who is guilty of a crime, notably breaking the law.
takernoun	One who takes something.
shootingnoun	(countable) an instance of shooting with a gun or other weapon