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Recent Examples of regicide
They were rewarded for their regicide when Thatcher’s successor, John Major, unexpectedly won the following election in 1992.
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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.
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Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
11 May 2026
The radical shifts in France — regicide, the Committee of Public Safety’s terror, and expansionist campaigns — dissolved the moral and practical basis for the alliance.
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Daniel Ross Goodman,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Jan. 2026
With examples drawn from Scripture and across the length of history, Paine commits rhetorical regicide.
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Matthew Redmond
august 13,
Literary Hub,
13 Aug. 2025
The raw power grab that excites Lady Macbeth and incites her husband to regicide feels especially pertinent now, when the dangers of autocracy loom over political discussions.
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Peter Marks,
Washington Post,
28 Mar. 2024
Those Tories by the way have a particular penchant for political regicide before voters get the chance.
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Stephen Collinson,
CNN,
19 Jan. 2023
Stephen Root, in a single scene as Porter, lifts the grim, forensic business of regicide and its aftermath into the realm of knockabout farce.
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New York Times,
22 Dec. 2021
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
The radical shifts in France — regicide, the Committee of Public Safety’s terror, and expansionist campaigns — dissolved the moral and practical basis for the alliance.
—
Daniel Ross Goodman,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Jan. 2026
With examples drawn from Scripture and across the length of history, Paine commits rhetorical regicide.
—
Matthew Redmond
august 13,
Literary Hub,
13 Aug. 2025
The raw power grab that excites Lady Macbeth and incites her husband to regicide feels especially pertinent now, when the dangers of autocracy loom over political discussions.
—
Peter Marks,
Washington Post,
28 Mar. 2024
Those Tories by the way have a particular penchant for political regicide before voters get the chance.
—
Stephen Collinson,
CNN,
19 Jan. 2023
Stephen Root, in a single scene as Porter, lifts the grim, forensic business of regicide and its aftermath into the realm of knockabout farce.
—
New York Times,
22 Dec. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for regicide
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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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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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This is what's known as a parricide, where somebody kills their parents.
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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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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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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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Polish prosecutors have not attributed the slaying to Moscow and Poland's Internal Security Agency did not immediately reply to a request for comment.
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An attorney for Espinal declined to comment on his arrest in Jeremy’s slaying.
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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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More rare are filicides of the sort Elkins allegedly committed.
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“Regicide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regicide. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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