One-Word Substitutions Related to Killing (–cide)
One-Word Substitutions Related to Killing (–cide) 1. 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 oppressiv...