homicidal

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The follow-up continues this kookiness with a madhouse spoof of Hallmark holiday saccharine in which a woodpile becomes a homicidal monster.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2025

It strikes me as reckless and borderline homicidal, but I have been wrong about Musk before.

From Slate • Dec. 9, 2025

Among them are a vengeful sheriff who is convinced of the siblings’ homicidal past and is determined to see them punished.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

“I subsequently went to the Texas state prison system, through a grant, and studied homicidal males,” Brown explained.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 18, 2024

You want an animal that is piqued, peeved, vexed, bothered, irked, annoyed—but not homicidal.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel