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homicidal

adjectiveattested in dialogue

Of or pertaining to homicide.

adjective

  1. 1

    Of or pertaining to homicide.

    The current editor-in-chief, Stagyar-zil-Doggo, was a dangerously unbalanced man who took a homicidal view of contributing staff turning up in his office without pages of fresh, proofed copy, […]

    An apparent deterioration in productivity during the twentieth century [in the northern Horn] has undoubtedly been linked with the enormous increase in human population brought about by a combination of improved medical facilities and the discouragement of homicidal activities.

  2. 2

    Having an inclination to commit homicide.

Etymology

From homicide + -al.

Forms

comparative
more homicidal
superlative
most homicidal
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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