Meaning

2 senses
  1. Of or pertaining to homicide.

  2. Having an inclination to commit homicide.

More definitions
  • characteristic of or capable of or having a tendency toward killing another human being

Examples

8 sentences
  1. Tom is homicidal.

  2. Tom is in a homicidal mood.

  3. Fadil's cause of death is undetermined homicidal death.

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  4. A homicidal maniac turned up on my doorstep.

  5. People infected with the virus are homicidal, insane.

Translations

1 languages

Origin

From homicide + -al.

From homicide + -al.

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Forms

more homicidal, most homicidal
Comparativemore homicidal Lesson
Superlativemost homicidal Lesson

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • characteristic of or capable of or having a tendency toward killing another human being:murderous

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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