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adjective characteristic of or capable of or having a tendency toward killing another human being
originEtymology tree English homicide Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English homicidal From homicide + -al.
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