How to Use homicidal in a Sentence

homicidal

adjective
  • Of course, would-be homicidal maniacs lurk in all kinds of jobs.
    — Rene Chun, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2019
  • There is a thin line between a suicide threat and a homicidal suspect.
    — Jim Turner, Sun-Sentinel.com, 20 Feb. 2018
  • Ooh, this one is of a homicidal purple alien chainsawing my child’s head off.
    — Frederick Dreier, Outside, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Has made homicidal threats in the past, during this incident as well.
    — Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Police said the man was killed by homicidal violence but did not release his cause of death.
    — Noor Adatia, Dallas News, 18 Mar. 2023
  • These fits of rage are eruptions of a common urge that is also shared by non-homicidal drivers.
    — Lisa Wells, Harper’s Magazine , 15 Mar. 2023
  • Experts in policing now say the answer is evolving as lessons are learned from each homicidal spree.
    — Dennis Wagner, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2021
  • The cause of death with regard to the three victims is homicidal violence.
    — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2023
  • The teen has also been charged with concealment of homicidal death and arson.
    — Ella Ceron, Teen Vogue, 13 July 2017
  • And, as if sending some dark, raging homicidal message, knives had been left in the victims and around the house.
    — CBS News, 2 June 2018
  • And, as if sending some dark, raging homicidal message, knives had been left in the victims and around the house.
    — CBS News, 6 May 2017
  • Though he might be filled with homicidal rage right now, Five is the new Number One.
    — Rachel Paige, refinery29.com, 3 Aug. 2020
  • Another looks like Boris Karloff, with a homicidal streak to match.
    — Orange County Register, 15 Feb. 2017
  • One involves a homicidal chimpanzee going on a rampage on the set of a sitcom.
    — Mick Lasalle, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 July 2022
  • The track, which goes into the mind of a homicidal youth named Robert, is the group’s most successful song to date.
    — Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 29 Nov. 2023
  • The cause of death of all four women was determined to be homicidal violence.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 15 July 2023
  • Owens had made homicidal threats on his cell phone and failed to report his brother's involvement in a burglary.
    — Star Tribune, 28 Apr. 2021
  • Is this the end of the Bad Choice Road for the show's charmingest homicidal maniac?
    — EW.com, 14 Apr. 2020
  • For the most part, these deportees did not choose to come to this city, which is perennially ranked among the world’s most homicidal.
    — Seth Harp, Rolling Stone, 14 June 2021
  • Watching the murder scene being filmed upstairs plants homicidal ideas in Fred’s head.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 8 May 2025
  • Its homicidal lovers plainly are as gay as a day in May, yet just closeted enough to pass muster with the Code.
    — Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 27 June 2025
  • The unidentified teen faces one count each of first-degree murder and concealment of a homicidal death.
    — Fox News, 4 Dec. 2020
  • The fact that Russia now fields one of the world’s most homicidal armies can partially be explained by photos such as this.
    — Gary Shteyngart, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2025
  • But the bloodiest, most homicidal of more than 1,000 species surveyed is the meerkat.
    — Ben Guarino, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Sep. 2016
  • The medical examiner said the death was the result of homicidal blunt force trauma of the head.
    — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2017
  • Demetrius has previous mental health issues and had made homicidal threats in the past, Schwartz alleged.
    — Bethany Bruner, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
  • But at the slightest sign of rebellion, Buddy turns homicidal.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 24 Jan. 2026
  • He was initially charged with first degree murder and concealing a homicidal death.
    — Shardaa Gray, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
  • But in the process, El has been reduced to a dissonant mix of heroic self-sacrifice and homicidal rage.
    — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 6 July 2022
  • Theo ends up bonding with Love and developing feelings for her, which brings up some problems for the homicidal new mom.
    — Quinci Legardye, Marie Claire, 22 Oct. 2021

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