fratricide

Definition of fratricide

Nouns

a person who murders their brother or sister
Type of:
liquidator, manslayer, murderer
a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)
fire that injures or kills an ally
Synonyms:
friendly fire
Type of:
fire, firing
the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy
the murder of your sibling
Type of:
execution, murder, slaying
unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being

Vocabulary Lists for fratricide

John Knowles's A Separate Peace »(79 words)
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Words using the suffix "-cide" (a Latin combining form...
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