omicida

Definitions of omicida
  1. noun
    someone who causes the death of a person or animal
    synonyms: assassino, uccisore
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    boia, carnefice, giustiziere
    an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant
    sradicatore
    someone who exterminates (especially someone whose occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and insects)
    strangolatore
    someone who kills by strangling
    assassino, liquidatore
    a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)
    avvelenatore
    someone who kills with poison
    regicida
    someone who commits regicide; the killer of a king
    suicida
    a person who kills himself intentionally
    killer, sicario
    a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed
    macellaio
    a brutal indiscriminate murderer
    parricida, parricidio
    someone who kills his or her parent
    squartatore
    a murderer who slashes the victims with a knife
    type of:
    anima, elemento, essere umano, individuo, microcosmo, persona, tipo, uomo
    a human being
  2. noun
    a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)
    synonyms: assassino, liquidatore
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    killer, sicario
    a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed
    macellaio
    a brutal indiscriminate murderer
    parricida, parricidio
    someone who kills his or her parent
    squartatore
    a murderer who slashes the victims with a knife
    type of:
    avanzo di galera, bandito, boia, cattivo soggetto, criminale, delinquente, farabutto, fuorilegge, malvivente, pendaglio da forca, pericolo pubblico, ribaldo
    someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
    assassino, uccisore
    someone who causes the death of a person or animal
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