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Noun
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Macron’s ascent to the presidency began, like a certain Greek tragedy, with parricide.—
Arthur Goldhammer,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Dec. 2018 -
Everything seems to be pointing toward parricide, but the future is no simpler than the past.—
Adam Shatz,
The New York Review of Books,
2 Jan. 2020
Noun
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Easily the nation’s most notable parolee, Gypsy Rose Blanchard, 32, was released Dec. 28 having served eight years of her 10-year sentence for matricide.—
Stephen Schaefer,
Boston Herald,
13 Jan. 2024
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However, Daniel's hold over Luke proves to be strong, and almost leads him to commit matricide.—
Amy Mackelden,
Harper's BAZAAR,
24 Sep. 2022
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But Dwight picks the fight by almost immediately accusing Chickie of patricide, which happens to be true but won’t win you any brownie points, for sure.—
Sean T. Collins,
Vulture,
17 Nov. 2024
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The movie includes intense domestic abuse (verbal, physical and emotional), gun violence, death and descriptions of patricide.—
Common Sense Media,
Washington Post,
19 July 2024
Noun
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The raw power grab that excites Lady Macbeth and incites her husband to regicide feels especially pertinent now, when the dangers of autocracy loom over political discussions.—
Peter Marks,
Washington Post,
28 Mar. 2024
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Those Tories by the way have a particular penchant for political regicide before voters get the chance.—
Stephen Collinson,
CNN,
19 Jan. 2023
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The fratricide overshadowed Caracalla’s achievements, including the passage of an edict granting all free men in the Roman Empire citizenship and the construction of a luxurious public bath complex that bore the emperor’s name.—
Meilan Solly,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 Nov. 2024
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This can particularly be a problem when aircraft are supporting ground troops in combat, a sometimes confusing situation where mistakes can lead to fratricide.—
Paul Scharre,
Foreign Affairs,
15 Feb. 2018
Noun
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One study of maternal filicide observed that, whereas psychotic mothers often acted suddenly, depressed mothers tended to contemplate killing their children for days or weeks before acting.—
Eren Orbey,
The New Yorker,
14 Oct. 2024
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Each was a tragedy, but maternal filicide falls low on the register of reasons for infant death.—
Maria Laurino,
The New Republic,
29 June 2023
Noun
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Deputy District Attorney David Jarman, who is prosecuting the case, said the facts support a second-degree murder charge.—
Teri Figueroa,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Mar. 2025
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In the episode, which airs April 4, Mickey will team up with her nephew Bode Leone (Max Thieriot) to investigate a murder attempt on her father, Wes Fox (W. Earl Brown).—
Alamin Yohannes,
EW.com,
14 Mar. 2025
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Investigators initially charged Kyle Hill, 33, with DUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide before upgrading the charges to first degree murder and attempted first degree murder, St. Petersburg police announced on Wednesday.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
People.com,
14 Mar. 2025
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At a time when homicides and shootings are dropping dramatically in Baltimore, new data shows the city still averages at least one carjacking a day.—
Rebecca Pryor,
Baltimore Sun,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Uxoricide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uxoricide. Accessed 19 Mar. 2025.
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