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However, Daniel's hold over Luke proves to be strong, and almost leads him to commit matricide.
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Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 Sep. 2022
The reasons were vague, the usual grab bag of crimes—matricide, acting, that sort of thing.
—Gaia Squarci, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Sep. 2020
And on down through matricide, wife-killing and a string of other high crimes and misdemeanors.
—Gaia Squarci, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Sep. 2020
Even the episode involving matricide – at the extremity of possible wrongdoing – was not clear-cut.
—The Washington Post, The Mercury News, 18 June 2019
Even the episode involving matricide — at the extremity of possible wrongdoing — was not clear-cut.
—BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2019
The investigation into alleged matricide began Friday, with a straightforward missing persons report.
—Matthew Ormseth, courant.com, 10 June 2018
There are two murders on camera and innumerable others referred to including a matricide.
—Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 June 2017
Yet Western culture has been haunted for millennia by the wretched House of Atreus – cursed through the generations with fratricide, patricide, filicide, mariticide, and matricide.
—Steven G. Kellman, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 June 2017
Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 Sep. 2022
The reasons were vague, the usual grab bag of crimes—matricide, acting, that sort of thing.
—Gaia Squarci, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Sep. 2020
And on down through matricide, wife-killing and a string of other high crimes and misdemeanors.
—Gaia Squarci, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Sep. 2020
Even the episode involving matricide – at the extremity of possible wrongdoing – was not clear-cut.
—The Washington Post, The Mercury News, 18 June 2019
Even the episode involving matricide — at the extremity of possible wrongdoing — was not clear-cut.
—BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2019
The investigation into alleged matricide began Friday, with a straightforward missing persons report.
—Matthew Ormseth, courant.com, 10 June 2018
There are two murders on camera and innumerable others referred to including a matricide.
—Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 June 2017
Yet Western culture has been haunted for millennia by the wretched House of Atreus – cursed through the generations with fratricide, patricide, filicide, mariticide, and matricide.
—Steven G. Kellman, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 June 2017
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“Matricide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/matricide. Accessed 19 Sep. 2024.
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