One-Word Substitutions Related to Killing (–cide)
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Homicide: The killing of a human being by another person.
2.
Suicide: The act of killing oneself.
3.
Genocide: The deliberate and systematic killing of a particular racial, ethnic,
national, or religious group.
4.
Regicide: The killing of a king or queen.
5.
Parricide: The killing of one's father, mother, or both parents.
6.
Patricide: The killing of one's father.
7.
Matricide: The killing of one's mother.
8.
Fratricide: The killing of one's brother.
9.
Sororicide: The killing of one's sister.
10.
Mariticide: The killing of one's husband.
11.
Uxoricide: The killing of one's wife.
12.
Infanticide: The killing of an infant or a very young child.
13.
Foeticide: (Feticide) The killing of an unborn child (foetus).
14.
Deicide: The killing of a god or a divine being (used mainly in mythology or
theology).
15.
Tyrannicide: The killing of a tyrant or oppressive ruler.
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