'Homicide' definitions:
Definition of 'homicide'
(from WordNet)
noun
The killing of a human being by another human being
Definition of 'Homicide'
From: GCIDE
- Homicide \Hom"i*cide\, n. [F., fr. L. homicidium, fr. homicida a man slayer; homo man + caedere to cut, kill. See Homage, and cf. Concise, Shed, v. t.]
- 1. The killing of one human being by another. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Homicide is of three kinds: justifiable, as when the killing is performed in the exercise of a right or performance of a duty; excusable, as when done, although not as duty or right, yet without culpable or criminal intent; and felonious, or involving what the law terms malice; the latter may be either manslaughter or murder. --Bouvier. [1913 Webster]
- 2. One who kills another; a manslayer. --Chaucer. Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'homicide'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aborticide,
- apache,
- assassin,
- assassination,
- assassinator,
- blood,
- bloodletter,
- bloodshedder,
- bloody murder,
- bravo,
- bumping-off,
- burker,
- butcher,
- button man,
- Cain,
- cannibal,
- cutthroat,
- desperado,
- elimination,
- eradicator,
- executioner,
- exterminator,
- foul play,
- fratricide,
- fungicide,
- garroter,
- genocide,
- germicide,
- gorilla,
- gun,
- gunman,
- gunsel,
- hatchet man,
- head-hunter,
- herbicide,
- hit man,
- homicidal maniac,
- infanticide,
- insecticide,
- killer,
- killing,
- liquidation,
- man-eater,
- man-killer,
- manslaughter,
- manslayer,
- massacrer,
- matador,
- matricide,
- microbicide,
- murder,
- murderer,
- parricide,
- patricide,
- pesticide,
- poison,
- poisoner,
- purge,
- purging,
- regicide,
- removal,
- rodenticide,
- slaughterer,
- slayer,
- sororicide,
- strangler,
- suicide,
- thug,
- thuggee,
- thuggery,
- thuggism,
- torpedo,
- trigger man,
- uxoricide,
- vermicide