Cain
Cain noun - (Old Testament) Cain and Abel were the first children of Adam and Eve born after the Fall of Man; Cain killed Abel out of jealousy and was exiled by God.
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Fratricide and Cain are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Fratricide" instead a noun "Cain".
Fratricide
Fratricide noun - The murder of your sibling.
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Nearby Word: fratricidal
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Cain and Abel plots with hate-filled rivalry between brothers, often leading to attempted or actual fratricide.
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He explains this is because to do otherwise would force the loyalist states to fight the independent ones, putting the new nation on a foundation of fratricide and immediately branding the new nation with "the Mark of Cain." Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Adams.
Source: Theatre / 1776
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