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homicide
[ hom-uh-sahyd, hoh-muh- ]
homicide
/ ˈhɒmɪˌsaɪd /
noun
- the killing of a human being by another person
- a person who kills another
homicide
- The killing of one person by another, whether intended (murder) or not ( manslaughter ). Not all homicide is unlawful; killing in self-defense, for example, is not a crime.
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Other Words From
- self-homi·cide noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of homicide1
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Example Sentences
They died for simply going to work that morning, killed by religious fanatics, homicide victims all.
Indeed, some of the rewards have topped hundreds of thousands when the crime involves a homicide.
Even the coroner determined that the cause of death was "homicide."
Uber severed ties with him, and on Monday he was charged with misdemeanor vehicular homicide.
Garner was pronounced dead an hour later, and the city coroner ruled his death a homicide.
Just a killing, a plain open and shut case of homicide for no earthly reason imaginable to the police.
And those birds chatting down the hall were local coppers with a couple of men from the County Homicide Squad.
There were a lot of cops up there, a lot of plain clothes men and lads from the homicide bureau.
Thus had the unhappy child providentially expiated the crime of his attempted homicide.
The inquiry might here arise, whether in our times anything would justify a man in committing a homicide on an innocent person.
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