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ˈfratriˌcidal, a.
[f. next + -al1.]
That kills or has killed his brother; concerned with the slaughter of a brother or of brothers.
1804Ld. Teignmouth Mem. Sir W. Jones (1806) 202 A fratricidal war between the learned. 1809Campbell Gertrude Wyom. vi, Amidst the strife of fratricidal foes. 1850Blackie æschylus II. 202 All gashed and gored, by fratricidal Wounds they die. 1865Kingsley Herew. ix, Such a method would give rise to fratricidal civil wars. |