Fratricide

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The killing of one's brother or sister.
  • noun. One who has killed one's brother or sister.
  • noun. The accidental killing of an ally caused by a discharge of a military weapon.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of murdering or killing a brother.
  • noun. One who murders or kills a brother.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of one who murders or kills his own brother.
  • noun. One who murders or kills his own brother.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The killing of one's brother (or sister).
  • noun. A person who commits this crime.
  • noun. The intentional or unintentional killing of a comrade in arms.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a person who murders their brother or sister
  • noun. fire that injures or kills an ally
  • noun. the murder of your sibling
    • Word Usage
    "An investigation was immediately launched, and several documents show that the local chain of command was largely convinced it was fratricide from the beginning."
    Form
    fratricidal  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    execution  fire  firing  liquidator  manslayer  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Ole  adulterer  blasphemer  ill-disguised  ironfisted  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    aborticide  fungicide  genocide  germicide  herbicide  
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