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homicidal
This term carries a heavy clinical and legal weight, often appearing in psychiatric evaluations or criminal indictments. It describes a specific, violent impulse or a legal state of intent, distinguishing it from general aggression or anger by its singular focus on the termination of human life.
In a legal context, the word shifts from describing a psychological state to describing the nature of an act. While a person may have homicidal thoughts, a homicidal act is one that results in or attempts the killing of another, regardless of the perpetrator's mental stability.
Meanings
Examples
The suspect exhibited homicidal tendencies during the psychiatric evaluation.
The suspect exhibited homicidal tendencies during the psychiatric evaluation.
I feel absolutely homicidal when my computer crashes for the fifth time today.
The detective searched for any evidence of homicidal intent in the letters.
He was committed to a secure facility after making homicidal threats against his boss.
The dark elf possessed a homicidal rage that could not be quelled by magic.
Is there any proof that the act was homicidal rather than accidental?
She looked at him with a homicidal glint in her eyes.
The court must determine if the defendant was legally sane or homicidal by nature.