tyrannicidaladj.
/tᵻˌranᵻˈsʌɪd(ə)l/, /tʌɪˌranɪˈsʌɪd(ə)l/, U.S. /təˌrænəˈsaɪdəl/ Pertaining or relating to tyrannicide; disposed or inclined to tyrannicide.
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1801 W. Dupré Lexicographia-neologica Gallica 282 Projet tyrannicide—A tyrannicidal scheme.
1814 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 73 456 The seditious and tyrannicidal spirit.
1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. iv. 400 He has introduced..a limitation of his tyrannicidal doctrine.
1853 G. Grote Hist. Greece XI. ii. lxxxv. 197 Such affection had to be overcome before he [Timoleon] accompanied his tyrannicidal friends to the acropolis.
1892 Illustr. London News 8 Oct. 450/3 Dynamitical and tyrannicidal schemes.
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