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Recent Examples of parricide
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.
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Regina Kim,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
This is what's known as a parricide, where somebody kills their parents.
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Lori A Bashian , Larry Fink,
FOXNews.com,
5 Jan. 2026
Everything seems to be pointing toward parricide, but the future is no simpler than the past.
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Adam Shatz,
The New York Review of Books,
2 Jan. 2020
Macron’s ascent to the presidency began, like a certain Greek tragedy, with parricide.
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Arthur Goldhammer,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Dec. 2018
But University of Florida criminologist Kathleen Heide, who specializes in parricide or children who kill their parents, has said that the majority of kids are driven to kill a parent by severe trauma at the hands of that parent.
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Mary Emily O'Hara,
NBC News,
22 May 2017
To write in Baldwin’s wake means to displace the father-teacher in a Whitmanesque act of parricide—not to dutifully shoulder the same historical burdens, but to comprehend one’s own historical moment more clearly.
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Ismail Muhammad,
Slate Magazine,
15 Feb. 2017
Regina Kim,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
This is what's known as a parricide, where somebody kills their parents.
—
Lori A Bashian , Larry Fink,
FOXNews.com,
5 Jan. 2026
Everything seems to be pointing toward parricide, but the future is no simpler than the past.
—
Adam Shatz,
The New York Review of Books,
2 Jan. 2020
Macron’s ascent to the presidency began, like a certain Greek tragedy, with parricide.
—
Arthur Goldhammer,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Dec. 2018
But University of Florida criminologist Kathleen Heide, who specializes in parricide or children who kill their parents, has said that the majority of kids are driven to kill a parent by severe trauma at the hands of that parent.
—
Mary Emily O'Hara,
NBC News,
22 May 2017
To write in Baldwin’s wake means to displace the father-teacher in a Whitmanesque act of parricide—not to dutifully shoulder the same historical burdens, but to comprehend one’s own historical moment more clearly.
—
Ismail Muhammad,
Slate Magazine,
15 Feb. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for parricide
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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.
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In the case of Tom Brandis, played by the singular Mark Ruffalo, a tragedy (matricide) has devastated his family unit.
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At the center of the installation is the myth of Orestes, which hinges on the justification of matricide.
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They were rewarded for their regicide when Thatcher’s successor, John Major, unexpectedly won the following election in 1992.
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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.
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But Iran did little to stop the fratricide.
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But what is absolutely clear to me right now is that this Israeli government is committing suicide, homicide and fratricide.
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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.
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That number doesn't include the many filicides that end with parents taking their own lives.
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Prosecutors allege the pistol was used in a 2021 Chicago murder and later in the shooting of a rival gang member.
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Liar, marking a reunion between Seo Hyun-jin and Yoo Yeon-seok as a criminal profiler and a corporate attorney on opposing sides of a murder case tied to a powerful conglomerate, also continues through the month.
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Investigators said Edmond purchased the firearm in Georgia just 36 days before it was allegedly used in the homicide.
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Quigley has pleaded not guilty to motor vehicle homicide in the December 2023 Woburn crash that fatally injured 37‑year‑old Special Olympian Angelo Schettino, who died a month later.
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“Parricide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parricide. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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