English Explanatory Dictionary

familicide

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The murder of an entire family by a family member.
  2. The perpetrator of a familicide.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

familicide familicides

Etymology

From family + -cide.

Related words

altruistic filicide family annihilator fratricide homicide infanticide parricide sororicide suicide uxoricide

Derived words

familicidal
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