Word Type

Noun

The word "homicide" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

antihomicide homicidal homicidogenic monstricide nonhomicide

Derived From

homicidal

Context

crime police jargon us

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

crime kill killing putting to death

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

autohomicide culpable homicide homeycide justifiable homicide self-homicide wilful homicide

Type Of (IsA)

attack hostile action human activity human killing killing serious crime unnatural thing

Related Terms

deicide familicide feticide filicide fratricide genocide infanticide mariticide matricide omnicide parricide patricide populicide prolicide regicide sororicide suicide tyrannicide unlawful death uxoricide

Related Terms

bad crime criminal criminal penalty degrees division familicide feticide filicide fratricide genocide infanticide kill kill someone killing killing crime killing someone law law term legal legal term mariticide matricide murder name parricide patricide penalty police police division police term populicide prison prolicide punishment regicide scientific scientific name someone sororicide suicide technical technical name term two two degrees unlawful death uxoricide

Synonym Network

assassin assassination manslaughter manslayer murderer

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