Familicide
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Familicide is a noun meaning The murder of an entire family by a family member.
Meaning
The murder of an entire family by a family member.
More Meanings
- The perpetrator of a familicide.
Example Sentences
The popular professional wrestler became the most notorious familicide of 2007.
Because of the familicide that wiped out his entire family, he will be charged with six counts of murder.
There has also been some recent work focused on diagnostic correlates in aggressive individuals, including a familicide.
His behaviour in Ukraine increasingly resembles that of a familicide, who would rather kill his wife and children than let them go.
Word Forms
- familicides
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include filicide, fratricide, murdercide, infanticide, infamita, multicide.
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