Killings by type

legal process whereby a person is put to death by the state as a punishment for an actual or supposed crime

thumb|link=Warsaw Ghetto boy|The Holocaust heavily influences the popular understanding of genocide, as [[mass killing of innocent people based on their ethnic identity.]]

thumb|Cain and Abel|Cain slaying Abel, by [[Peter Paul Rubens, ]]

thumb|Cain Slays [[Abel by Gustave Doré]]

thumb|alt=Image of Lincoln being shot by Booth while sitting in a theater booth.|Depiction of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln shown in the presidential booth of Ford's Theatre. From left to right: assassin [[John Wilkes Booth, Abraham Lincoln, Mary Todd Lincoln, Clara Harris, and Henry Rathbone.]]

homicide of a member of a family or social group by other members, due to the belief that the victim has brought dishonor upon the family or community

thumb| Saint Stephen, first martyr of [[Christianity, painted in 1506 by Marx Reichlich (1460–1520)(Pinakothek of Munich)]]

act of killing a large number of people by non-state actors

thumb|right|upright=1.0|Le Massacre de Scio ("The Chios massacre"), a 1824 painting by [[Eugène Delacroix depicting the massacre of Greeks on the island of Chios by Ottoman troops during the Greek War of Independence in 1822]]

offering of a human being to a god or goddess in tribute, as an act of repentance, to ask forgiveness, or in exchange for a favor

thumb|250px|Declaration of the enactment of the law against femicide in Chile, 2010

thumb|Visible symptoms of arsenic poisoning following exposure. Poisoning is the harmful effect which occurs when toxic substances are introduced into the body. The term "poisoning" is a derivative of poison, a term describing any chemical substance that may harm or kill a living organism upon ingestion. Poisoning can be brought on by swallowing, inhaling, injecting or absorbing toxins through the skin. Toxicology is the practice and study of symptoms, mechanisms, diagnoses, and treatments correlated to poisoning.

Infanticide (or infant homicide) is the intentional killing of infants or offspring. Infanticide was a widespread practice throughout human history that was mainly used to dispose of unwanted children, its main purpose being the prevention of resources being spent on weak or disabled offspring. Unwanted infants were usually abandoned to die of exposure, but in some societies they were deliberately killed. Infanticide is generally illegal, but in some places the practice is tolerated, or the prohibition is not strictly enforced.

attack on friendly forces misidentified as hostile ones

incident in which an active shooter shoots multiple people with a firearm, especially with an intent to kill in a public space

Manslaughter is a term in common law for homicide considered less culpable than murder. The distinction between murder and manslaughter is sometimes said to have first been made by the ancient Athenian lawmaker Draco in the 7th century BC.

person who is wounded, incapacitated, or killed in an event

form of murder

thumb|The Execution of Lady Jane Grey Delaroche detail

terrorism tactic of ramming a vehicle into people or structures

A suicide method is any means by which a person ends or attempts to end their life. Suicide attempts do not always result in death, and a non-fatal suicide attempt can leave the person with serious physical injuries, long-term health problems, or brain damage.

Democide, or populicide, refers to "the intentional killing of an unarmed or disarmed person by government agents acting in their authoritative capacity and pursuant to government policy or high command". The term, coined by Holocaust historian and statistics expert R. J. Rummel in his book Death by Government, has been described by renowned Holocaust historian Yehuda Bauer as a better term than genocide to refer to certain types of mass killing. According to Rummel, this definition covers a wide range of deaths, including forced labor and concentration camp victims, extrajudicial summary kill

intentional and unlawful killings of individuals by state actors without judicial process

A murder–suicide is an act where an individual intentionally kills one or more people, before or while also killing themselves. The suicide may be in response to the guilt one feels for the murder, or to avoid potential punishments, such as imprisonment. Some forms of murder also inherently entail suicide; such as suicide attacks, or when the operator of an aircraft with passengers deliberately crashes it.

right|thumb|Cain kills [[Abel, a fratricide illustrated by Gustave Doré ("And Cain talked with Abel his brother; and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and slew him.")]]

thumb|right|262px|Le Meurtre de Laïus par Oedipe by Joseph Blanc depicts the mythological patricide of [[Laius by his son Oedipus.]]

thumb|upright=.55|Painting by Peter Paul Rubens of [[Cronus devouring one of his children]]

Tyrannicide or tyrannomachia is the killing or assassination of a tyrant or unjust ruler, purportedly for the common good, and usually by one of the tyrant's subjects. Tyrannicide was legally permitted and encouraged in Classical Greece. Often, the term "tyrant" was a justification for political murders by rivals, but in some exceptional cases students of Platonic philosophy risked their lives against tyrants. The killing of Clearchus of Heraclea in 353 BC by a cohort led by his own court philosopher is an example of a tyrannicide. A person who carries out a tyrannicide is also called a "tyran

Gendercide or Gender-related killing is the systematic murder of members of a specific gender. The term is related to the general concepts of assault and murder against victims due to their gender, with violence against men and women being problems which are dealt with by human rights organizations. The term 'gendercide' is similar to the term 'genocide' because gendercide is a form of mass murder; however, the perpetrators of gendercide solely target members of one gender. Politico-military frameworks have historically inflicted militant-governed divisions between femicide and androcide; gend

Parricide is the deliberate killing of one's own parent. It is an umbrella term that can be used to refer to acts of matricide, the deliberate killing of one's own mother, and patricide, the deliberate killing of one's own father.

Deicide is the killing (or the killer) of a god. The concept may be used for any act of killing a god, including a life-death-rebirth deity who is killed and then resurrected.

thumb| right|260px| In the biblical narrative the Massacre of the Innocents, boys under the age of two were selected to be executed by the [[Herodian Kingdom of Judea.]]

thumb|Orestes Pursued by the Furies by [[William-Adolphe Bouguereau. Orestes is tormented by the Furies for the murder of his mother Clytemnestra.]]

Senicide, also known as geronticide or gerontocide, is the practice of killing the elderly. This killing of the elderly can be characterized by both active and passive methods as senio-euthanasia or altruistic self-sacrifice. The aim of active senio-euthanasia is to relieve the clan, family, or society from the burden of an old person. But an old person might kill themself (autothanasia) altruistically. In case of the altruistic self-sacrifice, the aim is to fulfill an old tradition or to stop being a burden to the clan. Both are understood as a sacrificial death.

Uxoricide is the killing of one's own wife. It can also be used in the context of the killing of one's own girlfriend. It can refer to the act itself or the person who carries it out. Conversely, the killing of a husband or boyfriend is called mariticide. It comes from the Latin meaning and -cide, from meaning .

attempt to commit murder

Neonaticide is the deliberate act of a parent murdering their own child during the first 24 hours of life. As a noun, the word "neonaticide" may also refer to anyone who practices or who has practiced this.

murder in which the offender is motivated by the sexual desire to kill another person

thumb|M26 grenade|M26 "fragmentation" grenade, issued to the U.S. Army and U.S. Marines in the [[Vietnam War, used in many fragging incidents.]]

violent crime which is done because of sudden strong impulse such as sudden rage

Foeticide (or feticide) is the act of killing a human fetus. The term may also encompass the killing of a human embryo. Definitions differ between legal and medical applications. In law, feticide (or fetal homicide) frequently refers to a criminal offense. In medicine, the term generally refers to a part of an abortion procedure in which a provider intentionally induces the death of the embryo or fetus to avoid the chance of an unintended live birth, or as a standalone procedure in the case of selective reduction.

A familicide is a type of murder or murder–suicide in which an individual kills multiple close family members (children, spouses, siblings, or parents) in quick succession. In half the cases, the killer lastly kills themselves in a murder–suicide. If only the parents are killed, the case may also be referred to as a parricide. Where all members of a family are killed, the crime may be referred to as family annihilation.

Sororicide (; ) is the act of murdering one's own sister.

Mariticide (from Latin maritus "husband" + -cide, from caedere "to cut, to kill") means the killing of one's own husband. It can refer to the act itself or the person who carries it out. It can also be used in the context of the killing of one's own boyfriend. In current common law terminology, it is used as a gender-neutral term for killing one's own spouse or significant other of either sex. Conversely, the killing of a wife or girlfriend is called uxoricide.

single incident where multiple victims are harmed or killed in a knife-enabled crime

homicide where the offender had no prior intent to kill and acted during "the heat of passion"

homicide of a minor

unlawful killing of another human by criminally negligent or murderous operation of a vehicle