adjective
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of, involving, or characterized by homicide
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likely to commit homicide
a homicidal maniac
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Origin of homicidal
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Current laws set the bar so high for involuntary hospitalization that a person in psychosis often has to be suicidal or homicidal before they can get the help they need.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
It strikes me as reckless and borderline homicidal, but I have been wrong about Musk before.
From Slate ● Dec. 9, 2025
From there, he uses Tom to enact his next escape, forcing him to drive them away from Robbie’s house, which he assumes will soon be swarming with cops, or homicidal bikers, or both.
From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2025
The sorrow and anger repressed within him are as fearsome as the cinematic zombies, ghouls and homicidal maniacs that have seized his imagination.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2024
You want an animal that is piqued, peeved, vexed, bothered, irked, annoyed—but not homicidal.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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