Parricide synonyms

păr'ĭ-sīd'

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murder (related)
(Uncountable, used as a predicative noun) Something terrible to endure.
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patricide
A person who does this
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matricide
The killing of one's mother.
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killing
The act or action of causing death, as of a person.
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killer
One that kills:
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crime (related)
(Uncountable) The practice or habit of committing crimes.
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Parricide Sentence Examples

  • After the first speech the accused, unless charged with parricide, was at liberty to withdraw into exile (Poll.

  • 69, he killed Xerxes first and then pretended that Darius had murdered him, and instigated his brother Artaxerxes to avenge the parricide.

  • It was then that the parricide prepared his defence.

  • 477, Kasyapa the Parricide built his palace, and thought to find an inaccessible refuge from his enemies.

  • (628); but the parricide died in a few months and absolute chaos resulted.

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