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homicide
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of HOMICIDE
1
the intentional and unlawful taking of another person's life <the missing man was thought to be the victim of a homicide, but his body was never found>
Related Words chance-medley, killing, manslaughter; bloodshed, butchery, carnage, decimation, destruction, massacre, slaughter; assassination, execution, hit; euthanasia, mercy killing; filicide, fratricide, matricide, parricide, patricide, regicide, uxoricide
2
a person who kills another person <throughout the ages society has stigmatized the homicide>
Related Words bravo, hit man, torpedo, triggerman; butcher, executioner, massacrer, slaughterer, slayer; murderess
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