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PARRICIDE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The murder of your own father or mother

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "parricide"):

matricide (the murder of your mother)

patricide (the murder of your father)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone who kills his or her parent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "parricide"):

matricide (a person who murders their mother)

patricide (a person who murders their father)

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