Familicide Definition

noun
The murder of an entire family by a family member.
Because of the familicide that wiped out his entire family, he will be charged with six counts of murder.
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The murder of an entire family by a family member, followed by suicide.
His spree of familicide ended only after he killed the family dog, and then himself.
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The person who perpetrates a familicide.
The popular professional wrestler became the most notorious familicide of 2007.
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Other Word Forms of Familicide

Noun

Singular:
familicide
Plural:
familicides

Origin of Familicide

  • family +‎ -cide

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