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homicidal

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1. homicidal - Adjective

2. homicidal - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Pertaining to homicide; tending to homicide; murderous.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Every war, when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defense against a homicidal maniac. George Orwell

He was a graduate of West Point, which is military academy that turns young men into homicidal maniacs for use in war. Kurt Vonnegut

Many homicidal lunatics are very quiet, unassuming people. Delightful fellows. Agatha Christie

When feminist discourse is unable to discriminate the drunken fraternity brother from the homicidal maniac, women are in trouble. Camille Paglia

Except for cases that clearly involve a homicidal maniac, the police like to believe murders are committed by those we know and love, and most of the time they're right--a chilling thought when you sit down to dinner with a family of five. All those potential killers passing their plates. Sue Grafton

I love inventing interesting people and then pushing them to their absolute limits - and usually those absolute limits involve homicidal faeries, werewolves, or some other paranormal menace. Maggie Stiefvater

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