homicidenoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˈhɒm.ɪ.saɪd/us/ˈhɑː.mə.saɪd/US formal or specialized(an act of) murder:
He was convicted of homicide.
The number of homicides in the city has risen sharply.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Murder & attempted murder
- assassinate
- assassination
- attempt
- blow sb away
- blow sb's brains out idiom
- bump
- dispatch
- lynch law
- manslaughter
- martyr
- martyred
- mass murder
- necklace
- poison
- slain
- slay
- slaying
- slew 1
- snuff sb out
- throttle
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