homicidal

C2 Topic:Animals
US /ˌhɑːməˈsaɪdəl/
adj Freq #16849

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    characteristic of or capable of or having a tendency toward killing another human being

    A homicidal rage.

  2. 2
    adj

    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, […].

  3. 3
    adj

    Having an inclination to commit homicide.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · characteristic of or... murderous
Word family
Derived forms homicidallynonhomicidal

Etymology

From homicide + -al.

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