fratricidenoun [ U ]
uk/ˈfræt.rɪ.saɪd/us/ˈfræt.rə.saɪd/formalthe crime of murdering your brother, or killing members of your own group or country
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Murder & attempted murder
- assassinate
- assassination
- attempt
- blow sb away
- blow sb's brains out idiom
- bump
- dispatch
- lynch law
- manslaughter
- martyr
- martyred
- mass murder
- necklace
- poison
- slain
- slay
- slaying
- slew 1
- snuff sb out
- throttle
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fratricidal
adjective uk/ˌfræt.rɪˈsaɪ.dəl/us/ˌfræt.rəˈsaɪ.dəl/
Examples from literature
- 'How did that man kill?' I questioned, pointing to the apathetic figure of the fratricide, which attracted my imagination by its loneliness.
- And when each brandished the sword unto the death of the other, the saint feared exceedingly, lest even in his sight the crime of fratricide should happen.
- It deals with the ungovernable passion of two brothers for one placid and beautiful girl, a passion which leads to fratricide and madness.
- It was civil war,—fratricide.
- They expected swift retribution for their intended fratricide, but instead of this they heard reassuring words from his lips.