homicide

/ˈhɒmɪsaɪd/ noun [C, U] US

Translation

› the crime of killing someone

cinayet, adam öldürme

There were over 400 homicides in Chicago last year.224457

homicidal

/ˌhɒmɪˈsaɪdəl/ adjective › likely to murder someone

katil ruhlu, öldürücü, ölüm saçan, adam öldürmeye meyilli

a homicidal maniac 224457994

(Definition of homicide noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

something which threatens to cause problems or unhappiness in the future

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