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fratricide

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of fratricide

the crime of purposefully ending the life of your own brother or sister

Synonyms and Near Synonyms of fratricide

filicide, matricide, parricide, patricide, regicide, uxoricide

blood, foul play, homicide, murder, rubout, slaying

chance-medley, killing, manslaughter

bloodshed, butchery, carnage, decimation, destruction, massacre, slaughter

assassination, execution, hit

assisted suicide, euthanasia, mercy killing, physician-assisted suicide

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