homicidal

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Four of the world’s 10 most homicidal cities are now in Ecuador, says the Igarapé Institute, a Brazilian think tank.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 18, 2025

While Man-su’s turn is homicidal, Park astutely considers whether his loss of collective support for other workers isn’t an even bigger moral failing.

From Salon • Oct. 7, 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

"To suppose that all problems in the future will be able to be solved by new technical interventions is a form of homicidal pragmatism, like pushing a snowball down a hill," he said.

From BBC • Oct. 4, 2023

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

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel