Plural of homicide
regular plural
The plural of homicide is homicides.
Forms of homicide
| Singular | homicide /ˈhɒm.ɪˌsaɪ̯d/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | homicides |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Homicides in a sentence
- Border Patrol Agent David Maland near the Canadian border in January and five other homicides in Vermont, Pennsylvania and California.2025 February 17, Michael Casey, “Police arrest apparent leader of cultlike ‘Zizian’ group linked to multiple killings in the US”, in AP…. From the entry Maland
- Southerners do not outkill northerners in homicides carried out during robberies, they found, only in those sparked by quarrels.2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin, published 2012, page 119. From the entry outkill
- His long snout and extra-rich sense of smell had sniffed out a whole batch of homicides and dogicides.1995, Jeff Noon, Pollen, New York: Crown Publishers, →ISBN, page 26. From the entry dogicide
Meaning of homicide
- noun The killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional.
- noun A person who kills another.
- noun A victim of homicide; a person who has been unlawfully killed by someone else.
Questions about the plural of homicide
- What is the plural of homicide?
- The plural of homicide is homicides.
- Is homicide countable?
- Homicide is a countable and uncountable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: homicide (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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