Definitions for Homicide
ˈhɒm əˌsaɪd, ˈhoʊ mə-homi·cide

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. homicidenoun

   the killing of a human being by another human being

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.5 / 8 votes

1. homicidenoun

   The killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional.

2. homicidenoun

   A person who kills another.

3. homicidenoun

   A victim of homicide; a person who has been unlawfully killed by someone else.

4. Etymology: From homicida and homicidium.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Homicidenoun

   Etymology: homicide, French; homicidium, Latin.

   1. Murder; manquelling.

   The apostles command to abstain from blood: construe this according to the law of nature, and it will seem, that homicide only is forbidden; but construe it in reference to the law of the Jews, about which the question was, and it shall easily appear to have a clean other sense, and a truer, when we expound it of eating, and not of shedding blood. Richard Hooker, b. iv.

   2. Destruction. In the following lines it is not proper.

   What wonder is’t that black detraction thrives!
   The homicide of names is less than lives. Dryden.

   3. [ Homicide, Fr. homicida, Lat.]A murderer; a manslayer.

   Your beauty, that did haunt me in my sleep,
   To undertake the death of all the world,
   So might I live one hour in your sweet bosom.
   ———— If I thought that, I tell thee, homicide,
   These nails should rend that beauty from my cheeks. William Shakespeare.

   Hector comes, the homicide, to wield
   His conqu’ring arms, with corps to strew the field. Dryden.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Homicide

   Homicide occurs when a person kills another person. A homicide requires only a volitional act or omission that causes the death of another, and thus a homicide may result from accidental, reckless, or negligent acts even if there is no intent to cause harm. Homicides can be divided into many overlapping legal categories, such as murder, manslaughter, justifiable homicide, assassination, killing in war (either following the laws of war or as a war crime), euthanasia, and capital punishment, depending on the circumstances of the death. These different types of homicides are often treated very differently in human societies; some are considered crimes, while others are permitted or even ordered by the legal system.

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1. homicide

   Homicide is the act of one human killing another. It can be a legal or illegal action depending on the circumstances, such as self-defense or murder. Homicides include both non-criminal cases (like justifiable self-defense) and criminal cases (like murder or manslaughter), and the intent or the circumstances surrounding the act often determine how it is legally categorized.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Homicideverb

   the killing of one human being by another

2. Homicideverb

   one who kills another; a manslayer

3. Etymology: [F., fr. L. homicidium, fr. homicida a man slayer; homo man + caedere to cut, kill. See Homage, and cf. Concise, Shed, v. t.]

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1. Homicide

   Homicide is an act of a human killing another human.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Homicide

   hom′i-sīd, n. manslaughter: one who kills another.—adj. Hom′icidal, pertaining to homicide: murderous: bloody. [Fr.,—L. homicidium—homo, a man, cædĕre, to kill.]

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Homicide

   The killing of one person by another.

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1. homicide

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How to pronounce Homicide?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Homicide in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Homicide in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Homicide in a Sentence

1. Randy Smith:

   We learned during this investigation that this was a carjacking gone bad, these four individuals that were arrested for first-degree homicide had planned this, premeditated this.

2. Kelly Roskam:

   There’s a clear connection between intimate partner homicide and the accessibility of firearms, and not just to murder partners, but abusers use guns or even the mere presence of a gun to coerce, threaten and terrorize their victims of all genders.

3. Rodney Harrison:

   As a result of forensic evidence that was recovered from the scene, Mr. Gavin then became a suspect in the homicide.

4. Peter Scharf:

   Detectives are like old wine: They get better with age, you can't take a rookie out of the academy and make them a great homicide detective. It just doesn't work that way.

5. Joshua Black:

   It started several years ago back in 2018 when we went to interview him about another homicide, which he did not take credit for because he had nothing to do with it. And then, after that, it was just keeping in touch with him over the course of the next several years, just keeping a rapport with him.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Homicide
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Homicide
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Homicide
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homicide
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Homicide
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Homicide
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Homicide