Homicidal
adjective
Related to or involving murder or killing of people.
He had a homicidal tendency, which scared everyone around him.
Often appears as...
- homicidal maniac
- homicidal tendencies
adjective
Having a desire or intent to kill.
The movie is about a homicidal maniac on the loose.
Often appears as...
- homicidal maniac
- homicidal rage
adjective
Related to or involving murder or killing of people.
He had a homicidal tendency, which scared everyone around him.
Often appears as...
- homicidal maniac
- homicidal tendencies
adjective
Having a desire or intent to kill.
The movie is about a homicidal maniac on the loose.
Often appears as...
- homicidal maniac
- homicidal rage
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Homicidal implies a severe negative judgment and is associated with danger.
The novel's character was imprisonable due to his homicidal behavior.
Pro Tip 2/3Intensity of Emotion
Homicidal can describe extreme anger or hate, suggesting potential violence.
Overcome by jealousy, he felt a sudden homicidal fury.
Pro Tip 3/3Legal Context
Homicidal often appears in legal discussions around criminal intent and behavior.
The defendant's homicidal intent was clear from the evidence presented.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Homicidal implies a severe negative judgment and is associated with danger.
The novel's character was imprisonable due to his homicidal behavior.
Pro Tip 2/3Intensity of Emotion
Homicidal can describe extreme anger or hate, suggesting potential violence.
Overcome by jealousy, he felt a sudden homicidal fury.
Pro Tip 3/3Legal Context
Homicidal often appears in legal discussions around criminal intent and behavior.
The defendant's homicidal intent was clear from the evidence presented.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
Homicidal implies a severe negative judgment and is associated with danger.
The novel's character was imprisonable due to his homicidal behavior.
Pro Tip 2/3Intensity of Emotion
Homicidal can describe extreme anger or hate, suggesting potential violence.
Overcome by jealousy, he felt a sudden homicidal fury.
Pro Tip 3/3Legal Context
Homicidal often appears in legal discussions around criminal intent and behavior.
The defendant's homicidal intent was clear from the evidence presented.
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Video examples
Early forensics and...
rewrote the rules of crime detection in this country. And that wasn't easy because poisons were everywhere. If we take this one, arsenic trioxide, arsenic trioxide's probably the most famous homicidal poison in history
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12 truths I learned from...
Families are hard, hard, hard, no matter how cherished and astonishing they may also be. Again, see number one. At family gatherings where you suddenly feel homicidal or suicidal --
Video examples
Early forensics and...
rewrote the rules of crime detection in this country. And that wasn't easy because poisons were everywhere. If we take this one, arsenic trioxide, arsenic trioxide's probably the most famous homicidal poison in history
Video examples
12 truths I learned from...
Families are hard, hard, hard, no matter how cherished and astonishing they may also be. Again, see number one. At family gatherings where you suddenly feel homicidal or suicidal --
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
David Souter
American Judge
Every defendant knows, if endowed with the mental competence for criminal responsibility, that the life he will take by his homicidal behavior is that of a unique person, like himself, and that the person to be killed probably has close associates, 'survivors,' who will suffer harms and deprivations from the victim's death.
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Maggie Stiefvater
American Author
I love inventing interesting people and then pushing them to their absolute limits - and usually those absolute limits involve homicidal faeries, werewolves, or some other paranormal menace.
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Richard Corliss
American Writer
The Disney animators' rules on adult females: mothers are perfect but imperiled; stepmothers are wicked and occasionally homicidal; godmothers are sweet things with magical powers.
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George Orwell
British Author
Every war when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defense against a homicidal maniac.
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George W. Bush
American President
Saddam Hussein is a homicidal dictator who is addicted to weapons of mass destruction.
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Christina Ricci
American Actress
This is my costume. I'm a homicidal maniac. They look just like everyone else.
Quote examples
David Souter
American Judge
Every defendant knows, if endowed with the mental competence for criminal responsibility, that the life he will take by his homicidal behavior is that of a unique person, like himself, and that the person to be killed probably has close associates, 'survivors,' who will suffer harms and deprivations from the victim's death.
Quote examples
Maggie Stiefvater
American Author
I love inventing interesting people and then pushing them to their absolute limits - and usually those absolute limits involve homicidal faeries, werewolves, or some other paranormal menace.
Quote examples
Richard Corliss
American Writer
The Disney animators' rules on adult females: mothers are perfect but imperiled; stepmothers are wicked and occasionally homicidal; godmothers are sweet things with magical powers.
Quote examples
George Orwell
British Author
Every war when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defense against a homicidal maniac.
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George W. Bush
American President
Saddam Hussein is a homicidal dictator who is addicted to weapons of mass destruction.
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Christina Ricci
American Actress
This is my costume. I'm a homicidal maniac. They look just like everyone else.
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