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Definition of: homicide
(hom′ə·sīd, hō ′mə-) noun
1. The killing of one human being by another.
2. A person who has killed another. [<F <L homicidium <homicida murderer <homo man + -cidere <caedere cut, kill]
—hom′i·ci′dal adjective
—hom′i·ci′dal·ly adverb
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