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as in murder
the intentional and unlawful taking of another person's life
it was feared that the missing man was the victim of a homicide, but no clues as to his disappearance were ever found
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as in murderer
a person who kills another person
throughout the ages society has stigmatized the homicide
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Recent Examples of homicide
Jonelle’s death was ruled a homicide, and her autopsy report revealed that she had been shot in the head.
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Emily Blackwood, People.com, 24 May 2025
In late March, one repeat offender who was racing along killed a mother and her two young daughters, in a tragedy that should hold the city’s attention every bit as much as a shove onto the subway tracks or a gun homicide.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 24 May 2025
More information about homicides is available from The Sun’s homicides database.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 22 May 2025
The homicide victim, whose name and age the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office has not released, moved inside an apartment after he was shot and died there.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 May 2025
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Emily Blackwood, People.com, 24 May 2025
In late March, one repeat offender who was racing along killed a mother and her two young daughters, in a tragedy that should hold the city’s attention every bit as much as a shove onto the subway tracks or a gun homicide.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 24 May 2025
More information about homicides is available from The Sun’s homicides database.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 22 May 2025
The homicide victim, whose name and age the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office has not released, moved inside an apartment after he was shot and died there.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for homicide
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Elijah Travis Mackey, 23, was found hiding under a stairwell of a nearby motel and taken into custody, then he was charged with murder, according to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Miami Herald,
26 May 2025
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While serving his 30-year murder sentence, Hardin also pleaded guilty to the 1997 rape of an elementary school teacher in Rogers, Ark., 5 News reported.—
Nicole Acosta,
People.com,
26 May 2025
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To populate this murderer’s row of, well, murderers, Davidson races against the clock to court talent and get them to New York in time for filming.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
28 May 2025
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The public believed this story of intentionality so completely that every shark bite was essentially a murder, and every shark a potential murderer, and the beach was the scene of a crime by a deviant monster against innocent beachgoers.—
Chris Pepin-Neff,
Scientific American,
26 May 2025
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King Shrewd secretly trains young Fitz as an assassin, harnessing his ancestral magic.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
25 May 2025
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Those were the final words uttered by Emperor Uriel Septum—played by none other than Star Trek's Patrick Stewart—before an assassin leaped out of the shadows to cut him down.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
22 May 2025
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“Homicide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/homicide. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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