Thesaurus results for FRATRICIDE

fratricide

noun

Definition of fratricide

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

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Recent Examples of fratricide Here, Hamlet is a melancholy suburban prince named Juicy, in a Black family rocked by betrayal and fratricide and ghosts who pop out of backyard grills. — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2023 The problem with the plan was fratricide, among other wanton cellular murders. — Jason Mast, STAT, 31 Aug. 2023 The Type-1a supernovae don’t come from solitary stars sitting around waiting to die, but from a case of pure stellar fratricide. — Popular Mechanics, 18 Apr. 2023 Rumors of Njinga committing fratricide or engaging in cannibalism are treated with similar caution. — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2023 See All Example Sentences for fratricide

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This may be the highest profile local example of fiduciary law since the Menendez brothers’ trials three decades ago, when their family estate spent nearly $2 million to unsuccessfully defend them in the patricide of their parents.

— Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 17 Aug. 2026
Bass in June 2024 saw the patricide plan to it to its end, reducing his father, Gene Bass, to a crumple outside a neighbor’s house in the orderly subdivision where Xavier grew up near North Crowley High School.

— Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of patricide

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But instead of employing a ball gown, glass slippers, and a grand carriage made from a pumpkin, the renegade maid comes to her damsel in distress armed with a different kind of escape plan—one involving an axe and a double parricide.

— Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 4 Aug. 2026
The Avici hell is the lowest and most terrible level of the eight hot hells of Buddhism, where those who’ve committed serious crimes (like parricide) must face constant suffering.

— Regina Kim, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026

Definition of parricide

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They were rewarded for their regicide when Thatcher’s successor, John Major, unexpectedly won the following election in 1992.

— Ian King, CNBC, 24 June 2026
Unlike the Conservative Party, however, Labour does not have a history of regicide; the party has never mounted an official challenge against a sitting prime minister.

— Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 11 May 2026

Definition of regicide

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Detectives charged him with murder, manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon for the vicious attack that killed his mother, 57-year-old Josefa Soto de Guzman, on Friday.

— Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 26 Aug. 2026
Hatami has spearheaded a number of high-profile cases against child abusers in Los Angeles, California, including the murder of 8-year-old Gabriel Fernandez, who was tortured and killed by his mother and her boyfriend.

— Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026

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Each year in the United States there are nearly 500 arrests for filicide – which is the legal term for when parents kill their children – according to an analysis of FBI data by Forensic Science International.

— Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026
More rare are filicides of the sort Elkins allegedly committed.

— Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 21 Apr. 2026

Definition of filicide

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The Milwaukee Medical Examiner’s Office completed an autopsy, and said Hernandez-Lopez’s cause of death was listed as a gunshot wound to the neck and the manner of death was homicide, according to the complaint.

— Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026
Anyone with information, video, or photos that could help investigators were asked to contact the police department's homicide unit at 3150-238-3821.

— Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026

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