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noun
- 1. the killing of one's brother or sister: "Cain justifies his fratricide with lethal logic"
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1. : one that murders or kills his or her own brother or sister or an individual (such as a countryman) having a relationship like that of a brother or sister. 2. : the act of a fratricide. fratricidal. ˌfra-trə-ˈsī-dᵊl. adjective. Examples of fratricide in a Sentence.
the crime of murdering your brother, or killing members of your own group or country. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Murder & attempted murder. asphyxiation. assassinate. assassination attempt. attempt. butcher. dispatch. drive-by. genocide. gun someone down. homicide. infanticide. knock. pop off. put someone to the sword idiom.
Fratricide (from Latin fratricidium; from frater 'brother' and -cīdium 'killing' – the assimilated root of caedere 'to kill, cut down') is the act of killing one's own brother. It can either be done directly or via the use of either a hired or an indoctrinated intermediary (an assassin).
noun. the act of killing one's brother. a person who kills his brother. military the destruction of or interference with a nuclear missile before it can strike its target caused by the earlier explosion of a warhead at a nearby target.
Definition of fratricide noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
noun. 1. the act of killing one's brother. 2. a person who kills his or her brother. 3. military. the destruction of or interference with a nuclear missile before it can strike its target caused by the earlier explosion of a warhead at a nearby target. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
fratricide. (ˈfrætrɪˌsaɪd; ˈfreɪ-) n. 1. the act of killing one's brother. 2. a person who kills his brother. 3. (Military) military the destruction of or interference with a nuclear missile before it can strike its target caused by the earlier explosion of a warhead at a nearby target.
Fratricide definition: The accidental killing of an ally caused by a discharge of a military weapon.
IPA guide. Other forms: fratricides. Definitions of fratricide. noun. the murder of your sibling. see more. noun. a person who murders their brother or sister. see more.
FRATRICIDE meaning: 1 : the crime of murdering your own brother or sister; 2 : a person who has committed this crime.
