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homicide (s) (noun), homicides (pl)
1. The killing of any human being, whether lawfully or unlawfully; in law there are various types: murder, manslaughter, justifiable homicide, excusable homicide, felonious homicide, etc.
2. One who kills a human being; a man-slayer; in earlier use often a murderer.
3. Anyone who kills another person.
This entry is located in the following units: -cide, -cides, -cidal (page 5) homo-, hom-, hum- (page 1)
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(Greek: (classic and modern) phono, phonos; slaughter, kill, murder, homicide)