Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to homicide.
- adjective Capable of or conducive to homicide.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Characterized by homicide; leading to, resulting in, or tending toward homicide; murderous; bloody: as, a homicidal act; homicidal mania.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to homicide; tending to homicide; murderous.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to
homicide , and particularly to one who commits such a crime as with a homicidal maniac.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective characteristic of or capable of or having a tendency toward killing another human being
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Examples
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There are some classic warning signs, such as what we call the homicidal triad: persistent late bed-wetting, starting fires, and cruelty to animals or other children.
Obsession John Douglas 1998
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There are some classic warning signs, such as what we call the homicidal triad: persistent late bed-wetting, starting fires, and cruelty to animals or other children.
Obsession John Douglas 1998
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My philosophy is simple: I don't care what you call homicidal maniacs, as long as you kill them.
The Daily Gut The Daily Gut 2010
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The non-intellectual wing of the Christian Right Community has committed a sacrilege and blasphemy, (to say nothing of the secular crime of high treason), because they have accepted the fiction of a cynical team of writers, who depict the god they describe as a homicidal, Demonic, maniac, and touted these despicable properties as "holiness," and used that as an excuse to support and urge the slaughter of their chosen Muslim fantasy enemies.
THE SHAMELESS END-DAYS FICTIONAL REPLACEMENT FOR REVELATION. 2007
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It also helps that we have at times shared certain homicidal tendencies. * evil purrr* The time spent, the appreciation, love and trust and affection I have for them both can be summarised into two simple words ....
April 17th, 2004 mynxii 2004
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You know, were there some things that maybe some serial killers -- you know, we call a homicidal triad.
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We are much more upset at the idea of homicidal self expression than at the burning of books.
Nigel Barber: After Quran Burning, The Need To Put People First Nigel Barber 2011
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We are much more upset at the idea of homicidal self expression than at the burning of books.
Nigel Barber: After Quran Burning, The Need To Put People First Nigel Barber 2011
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The "my friends" thing always creeps me out because that's what the "friendly angel" (played by Melvin Belli) always called the homicidal kids whose minds he was controlling in the Star Trek episode "And the Children Shall Lead."
McCain Uses Image Of Petraeus In Uniform To Raise Money And Attack Obama 2009
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Even the worst incidents I have seen on slaughterhouse films do not compare to what could only be called a homicidal death that animals suffer in the wild.
A better way to die? | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2009
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