Meaning & use
homicide
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The killing of one person by another.
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The detective was assigned to investigate the homicide.
The city's homicide rate dropped significantly last year.
A note on using this word
A neutral legal and statistical term; by itself it doesn't indicate whether the killing was a crime like murder or was lawful, as in self-defense.
Words with a similar meaning
killing
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