About The Word Fratricide
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Fratricide
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What's The Definition Of Fratricide?
[n] the act of murdering your own brother or sister
[n] a person who murders their brother or sister Synonyms | Synonyms for Fratricide: Related Terms | Find terms related to Fratricide: aborticide | fungicide | genocide | germicide | herbicide | homicide | infanticide | insecticide | matricide | microbicide | parricide | patricide | pesticide | regicide | rodenticide | sororicide | suicide | uxoricide | vermicide See Also | execution | homicide | liquidator | manslayer | murder | murderer | slaying Fratricide In Webster's Dictionary \Frat"ri*cide\, n. [L. fratricidium a brother's
murder, fr. fratricida a brother's murderer; frater, fratris,
brother + caedere to kill: cf. F. fratricide.]
1. The act of one who murders or kills his own brother.
2. [L. fratricida: cf. F. fratricide.] One who murders or
kills his own brother.
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