Synonyms of the word homicide


HOMICIDEKILL - KILLING

homicide

  • n. (uncountable) The killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional.
  • n. (countable) A person who kills another.
  • n. (countable, US, police jargon) A victim of homicide; a person who has been unlawfully killed by someone…

kill

  • v. (transitive) To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
  • v. (transitive) To render inoperative.
  • v. (transitive, figuratively) To stop, cease, or render void; to terminate.
  • v. (transitive, figuratively, hyperbolic) To amaze, exceed, stun, or otherwise incapacitate.
  • v. (transitive, figuratively) To produce feelings of dissatisfaction or revulsion in.
  • v. (transitive) To use up or to waste.
  • v. (transitive, figuratively, informal) To exert an overwhelming effect on.
  • v. (transitive, figuratively, hyperbolic) To overpower, overwhelm, or defeat.
  • v. (transitive) To force a company out of business.
  • v. (intransitive, informal) To produce intense pain.
  • v. (figuratively, informal, hyperbolic, transitive) To punish severely.
  • v. (transitive, sports) To strike a ball or similar object with such force and placement as to make a shot…
  • v. To succeed with an audience, especially in comedy.
  • v. (mathematics, transitive, idiomatic, informal) To cause to assume the value zero.
  • v. (computing, Internet, IRC, transitive) To disconnect (a user) involuntarily from the network.
  • n. The act of killing.
  • n. Specifically, the death blow.
  • n. The result of killing; that which has been killed.
  • n. (volleyball) The grounding of the ball on the opponent's court, winning the rally.
  • n. A creek; a body of water; a channel or arm of the sea.
  • n. A kiln.

killing

  • v. present participle of kill.
  • adj. That literally deprives of life; lethal, deadly, fatal.
  • adj. Devastatingly attractive.
  • adj. That makes one ‘die’ with laughter; very funny.
  • n. An instance of someone being killed.
  • n. (informal) A large amount of money.

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