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fem·i·cide | \ ˈfe-mə-ˌsīd 
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\ plural femicides
Definition of femicide
: the gender-based murder of a woman or girl by a man
There have been calls for a "national shutdown" to protest femicide in South Africa. — Africa Check … speaks to a generation of young people fed up with femicides, sexual assault, and the ever more pervasive violence in Mexico.— Cody Copeland
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The first known use of femicide was in 1976
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