parricidenoun
uk/ˈpær.ɪ.saɪd/us/ˈper.ə.saɪd/specialized[ C or U ] the crime of murdering a close relation, especially a parent
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patricide
[ C ] a person who has killed their father or mother, or another close relation
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Murder & attempted murder
- assassinate
- assassination
- attempt
- blow sb away
- blow sb's brains out idiom
- bump
- dispatch
- lynch
- lynch law
- manslaughter
- martyr
- martyred
- necklace
- poison
- slain
- slay
- slaying
- slew 1
- snuff sb out
- throttle
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