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Meanings of homicidal in English

Characteristic of or capable of or having a tendency toward killing another human being.

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Usage of homicidal in English
1
It would certainly simplify the problem of dealing with his homicidal episodes.
Mockingjay
2
Seriously antisocial, of course, and somewhat sporadically homicidal, nothing wrong with that.
Darkly Dreaming Dexter
3
Not all the victims were homicidal a hundred percent of the time.
Raising Stony Mayhall
4
And indeed, in a less homicidal sense, such is life in general.
The Guardian
5
Anthrax's Scott Ian is also taking a stab at the homicidal maniac.
Wired
6
For Mac, that was tantamount to a homicidal reaction in other people.
White night
7
I'll suppress my homicidal impulses, but only out of devotion for you.
The Flanders Panel
8
Is it possible to deduce any order out of such homicidal chaos?
Courts and Criminals
9
On the other side, a homicidal vampire and her crew of killers.
Blood rites
10
It's a homicidal maniac in a dark house or an ancient curse.
Radio NZ
11
You think maybe we got a homicidal nun on our hands?'
Think of a number
12
Some people could work themselves into a homicidal frenzy over a stubbed toe.
Colorado abduction
13
The part of him that wasn't homicidal was deeply enamored with that dream.
Eve of darkness
14
In France it began with sentimentalism, developing normally into homicidal mania.
Outspoken Essays
15
Say, Harry, that is quite the homicidal gleam in your eye.
Blood rites
16
This form of homicidal Gayety is perpetuated under the name of American Hospitality.
Knocking the Neighbors
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United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common