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INFANTICIDE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Murdering an infant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("infanticide" is a kind of...):

execution; murder; slaying (unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A person who murders an infant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("infanticide" is a kind of...):

liquidator; manslayer; murderer (a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being))

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