homicidal
English
Etymology
homicide + -al
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aɪdəl
Adjective
homicidal (comparative more homicidal, superlative most homicidal)
- Of or pertaining to homicide.
- 1992, Douglas Adams, Mostly Harmless (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), page 46:
- The current editor-in-chief, Stagyar-zil-Doggo, was a dangerously unbalanced man who took a homicidal view of contributing staff turning up in his office without pages of fresh, proofed copy, […]
- 2012, David W. Phillipson, Foundations of an African Civilisation. Aksum & the northern Horn, 1000 BC–AD 1300, Woodbridge, Suffolk: James Currey, page 9:
- An apparent deterioration in productivity during the twentieth century [in the northern Horn] has undoubtedly been linked with the enormous increase in human population brought about by a combination of improved medical facilities and the discouragement of homicidal activities.
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Translations
of or pertaining to homicide
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