Fratricide and Matricide

Fratricide

Fratricide noun - The murder of your sibling.
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Matricide and fratricide are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Matricide" instead a noun "Fratricide".

Nearby Word: fratricidal

Matricide

Matricide noun - The murder of one's own mother.
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Fratricide and matricide are semantically related. You can use "Fratricide" instead a noun "Matricide".

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  • Long List Fratricide (killing a brother), patricide (father), sororicide (sister), regicide (monarch), matricide (mother), avunculicide (uncle), mass murder, murder-suicide, massacre
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