homicidal

[hom-uh-sahyd-l, hoh-muh-]

adjective

1. of or relating to homicide.

2. having a tendency to commit homicide.

Other Word Forms

• homicidally adverb
• unhomicidal adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of homicidal¹

First recorded in 1715–25; homicide + -al ¹

Example Sentences

While Man-su’s turn is homicidal, Park astutely considers whether his loss of collective support for other workers isn’t an even bigger moral failing.

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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.

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Many of them… had black box warnings that warn of suicidal ideation and homicidal ideation.

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Serial killers almost always worked alone, but there might be “one homicidal maniac or several,” The Times reported.

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Holm’s science officer looked like a person until it bled white instead of red, which accompanied a glitch that turned it homicidal.

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Related Words

• bloodthirsty 
• maniacal 
• violent