half brother

noun

|Updated on: 22 Jun 2018

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Definition of half brother

: a brother related through one parent only

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Examples of half brother in a Sentence

George is my half brother.

Recent Examples of half brother from the Web

The Benicia teen who was accused of shooting and killing his father, father's fiancee and 8-year-old half brother and then burning their bodies was convicted of the murders in El Dorado County Superior Court Wednesday.

— molly sullivan, sacbee, "Benicia man convicted of 2015 murder of father, stepmother, 8-year-old brother," 14 June 2018
Kim ordered the gruesome public execution of his half brother Kim Jong Nam with the toxic nerve agent VX in the Kuala Lumpur airport in February 2017.

— charlie campbell/singapore, Time, "Kim Jong Un Is Showing the World Just How Much Power He Has," 14 June 2018
Trump has seemed largely unconcerned about celebrating an authoritarian leader suspected of ordering the public assassination of his half brother with a nerve agent, executing his uncle by firing squad and killing U.S. college student Otto Warmbier.

— laurie kellman and lisa mascaro, Fox News, "Lawmakers looking at what comes next after Trump-Kim summit," 12 June 2018
His work in Malaysia ended with the killing last year of Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half brother of Kim Jong Un.

— tom wright, WSJ, "North Korea’s Secret Army: How Operatives Abroad Aid the Regime," 18 May 2018
Just five months ago, North Korea was isolated, heavily-sanctioned and with even fewer diplomatic friends following the assassination of Kim's exiled older half brother, Kim Jong Nam in 2017.

— ben westcott, CNN, "Why meeting a US President is the ultimate aim of the Kim family," 4 June 2018
Last year, the regime advertised its ability to export chemical warfare and flout international norms when the regime was accused of using the nerve agent VX to assassinate Kim’s estranged half brother in Kuala Lumpur.

— theo emery, Time, "The North Korea Summit Is Trump's Chance to Pressure Syria About Its Weapons, Too," 4 June 2018
The Maldives embraced multiparty democracy in 2008 after decades of autocratic rule by Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, the half brother of the country’s current ruler.

— Washington Post, "AP Interview: Fugitive Maldives ex-leader aims for return," 1 June 2018
Kim is suspected of ordering the killing of his exiled half brother, Kim Jong Nam, a potential rival who was poisoned with a toxic nerve agent in Malaysia last year.

— jim michaels, USA TODAY, "North Korea's change of tone: Is Kim Jong Un in total control?," 25 May 2018

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