patricide

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Recent Examples of patricide 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, 14 Apr. 2026 The second season’s focus on the Menendez brothers’ patricide is loud, confrontational, and approaches the case from multiple perspectives at once, which can either come across as daring or incoherent. — Joe Reid, Vulture, 24 May 2025 When Joe is implicated in financial misdeeds connected to land deals conducted on the tribe’s behalf, Mack seizes upon the news to banish Joe from the reservation, a symbolic patricide also intended to damage Gloria’s campaign. — Christopher Sorrentino, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025 The movie includes intense domestic abuse (verbal, physical and emotional), gun violence, death and descriptions of patricide. — Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for patricide
  1. matricide
  2. parricide
  3. regicide
  4. fratricide
  5. filicide
  6. murder
Noun
  • In the case of Tom Brandis, played by the singular Mark Ruffalo, a tragedy (matricide) has devastated his family unit.
    — Justin Kroll, Deadline, 2 June 2026
  • At the center of the installation is the myth of Orestes, which hinges on the justification of matricide.
    — Eana Kim, ARTnews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
Definition of matricide
Noun
  • 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
  • This is what's known as a parricide, where somebody kills their parents.
    — Lori A Bashian , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 5 Jan. 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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  • But Iran did little to stop the fratricide.
    — Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
  • But what is absolutely clear to me right now is that this Israeli government is committing suicide, homicide and fratricide.
    — Thomas L. Friedman, Mercury News, 28 Aug. 2025
Definition of 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.
    — 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
Noun
  • The district attorney’s office filed charges against Greenhoward including murder, use of a deadly weapon, assault on a child causing death and child abuse resulting in death, court records show.
    — Seamus Bozeman, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2026
  • Christapher Butler and detective Summer Benton discuss details of the 1999 cold case after arresting and charging Janarra Sherrer with murder.
    — Taylor Croft, AJC.com, 14 July 2026
Definition of murder

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