Patricide and Regicide

Patricide

Patricide noun - The murder of your father.
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Synonyms for Patricide

Regicide and patricide are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Regicide" instead a noun "Patricide".

Nearby Word: patricidal

Regicide

Regicide noun - The act of killing a king.
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Synonyms for Regicide

Patricide and regicide are semantically related. You can use "Patricide" instead a noun "Regicide".

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  • His Sith name is also notable, as it comes from the Latin verb caedo, meaning either "to kill" or "to fall".note whence we get the words suicide/regicide/patricide etc.
  • 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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