HOMICIDE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The killing of a human being by another human being

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("homicide" is a kind of...):

kill; killing; putting to death (the act of terminating a life)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "homicide"):

honor killing (an ancient tradition still sometimes observed; a male member of the family kills a female relative for tarnishing the family image)

manslaughter (homicide without malice aforethought)

execution; murder; slaying (unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being)

shooting (killing someone by gunfire)

Derivation:

homicidal (characteristic of or capable of or having a tendency toward killing another human being)