What is another word for homicide?
Pronunciation:
[ hˈɒmɪsˌa͡ɪd], [ hˈɒmɪsˌaɪd], [ h_ˈɒ_m_ɪ_s_ˌaɪ_d]
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Synonyms for Homicide:
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- euthanasia,
- contract,
- fratricide,
- genocide,
- butchery,
- culpable homicide,
- assassination,
- elimination.
- hecatomb,
- search and destroy,
- havoc,
- shambles,
- slayings,
- blood bath,
- blood and guts,
- taking out,
- offing.
- trigger people,
- hit persons,
- trigger persons,
- hit and run,
- hit people,
- manslaughterers,
- hit and runs,
- hit-and-runs.
- hit-and-run,
- killing,
- OFFS,
- perpetrator,
- enforcers,
- kill,
- cutthroats,
- slaughterer,
- putting to death,
- the business,
- slayer,
- perpetrators,
- murderess,
- atrocity,
- lynching,
- carnage,
- manslaughter,
- violent death,
- one-way ticket,
- enforcer,
- criminality,
- manslayer,
- murder,
- manslaughterer,
- killer,
- terrorism,
- trigger person,
- the works,
- murderer,
- Massacrer,
- triggerman,
- hit person.
Other synonyms:
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- patricide.
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- cutthroat.
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- butcher.
- crass,
- Bloodletter,
- guile,
- massacre,
- Hanky Panky,
- treachery,
- fierce,
- lethal,
- Trucidation,
- insecticide,
- purging,
- regicide,
- gorilla,
- burker,
- fungicide,
- effect,
- extermination,
- strangler,
- bloodbath,
- thug,
- enforcement,
- mass execution,
- desperado,
- Sororicide,
- gunman,
- fatality,
- exterminator,
- grim,
- removal,
- dreadful,
- purge,
- parricide,
- outrageous,
- harsh,
- trigger man,
- assassinator,
- mass destruction,
- accomplishment,
- liquidator,
- inhuman,
- poison,
- dirty work,
- button man,
- pogrom,
- hatchet man,
- poisoner,
- deadly,
- pernicious,
- Vaticide,
- diabolical,
- Microbicide,
- aborticide,
- blood-letting,
- diabolic,
- germicide,
- mass extermination,
- matador,
- herbicide,
- duplicity,
- atrocious,
- thuggee,
- matricide,
- gunsel,
- Uxoricide,
- hit man,
- pesticide,
- gore,
- Assassin,
- apache,
- inclement,
- skulduggery,
- merciless,
- infanticide,
- liquidation,
- inhumane,
- achievement,
- perfidy,
- pestilent,
- Fiendish,
- miserable,
- homicidal,
- sacrifice,
- effusion of blood,
- battue,
- cannibal,
- Double dealing,
- performance,
- inexorable,
- vermicide,
- man-eater,
- coarse,
- chicanery,
- mortal,
- murderous,
- ferocious,
- brutal,
- ghoulish,
- suicide,
- dirty trick,
- slaughter,
- sharp practice,
- suicidal,
- perfidiousness,
- thuggery,
- monstrous,
- gun,
- garroter,
- rodenticide,
- fatal,
- bravo,
- bloody,
- Head-hunter,
- decimation,
- executioner,
- relentless,
- Thuggism,
- deception,
- cruel,
- bump off,
- Bloodshedder,
- eradicator,
- torpedo.
How to use "Homicide" in context?
What is homicide?
In layman's terms, homicide is the killing of another person. It is classified as a felony that can carry a lengthy prison term, even if the killing was accidental.
There are several elements that must all be met for a homicide to be deliberate and intentional: 1) The person must intend to kill the victim; 2) The victim must be killed as a result of the act; 3) The act must be unlawful.
In criminal law, homicide often refers to a killing that is perpetrated with malice aforethought, or premeditation.
Paraphrases for Homicide:
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Reverse Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
assassination.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Interjection
Cops.
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Interjection
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Other Related
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Proper noun, singular
homicidal, manslaughter, Murders.
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Noun, singular or mass
manslaughter, suicide.
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Adverb
manslaughter.
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Verb, base form
manslaughter.
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Proper noun, singular
Hypernym for Homicide:
n.
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act
slaying, execution, murder, manslaughter, shooting, honor killing.
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act
Hyponym for Homicide:
n.
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act
putting to death, killing, kill.
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act
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