🇬🇧 Homicide meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

Homicide is when one person kills another person and it is treated as a very serious crime. It is not an accident, like tripping and knocking over someone’s juice. It is something very wrong and very dangerous that the law forbids and punishes because it hurts people and makes the world unsafe.

Our teacher said mystery books sometimes have a homicide, and half the class immediately clutched their snacks protectively.

In the crime board game, you win by solving who committed the homicide, not by eating all the game pieces like my cousin did.

Our cat knocked over a plant, and my brother yelled, “Plant homicide!” while sweeping up the dirt.

The detective said, “Relax, this is a mystery about a missing cupcake, not a homicide.”

The dragon in my tale promised no more knight homicide and switched to toasting marshmallows instead.

She found him on the kitchen floor, face pale, a knife by his side. She called 911; the dispatcher sent police. A patrol arrived, then the homicide squad, then a homicide detective. The coroner marked homicide. Officers taped the door and one whispered 'homicide.' The headline read homicide. Neighbors cried; the town braced for trial.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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