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PARRICIDE
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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:
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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