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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Noun

The opera is known for its modernist music, performed by one of the largest orchestras in operatic repertoire, which uses dramatically harsh harmonies to embody its themes of grief, revenge and patricide.

— Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 12 May 2026
Walt had long described himself as a benevolent father to his workers, and the strike seemed an act of personal betrayal and disloyalty verging on patricide.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 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

Noun

Their son Nick, 32, was arrested and charged with first-degree murder for allegedly stabbing the filmmaker and his wife to death.

— Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026
Police had not seen him again until he and Gilson were found dead from apparent gunshot wounds to the head in what law enforcement officials believe was a murder-suicide.

— Meriam Bouarrouj, NBC news, 4 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 series follows trainee Detective Eva Bennett, played by Dynevor, who returns to Manchester and joins a new homicide investigation run by her fearsome estranged mother – the legendary Detective Chief Inspector Lois Mercer, played by Morton.

— Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 4 Aug. 2026
After deliberating for just over an hour, the all-male, white, Protestant jury unanimously decided that 32-year-old spinster Borden didn’t commit a brazen daytime double homicide.

— Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 4 Aug. 2026

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