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(historical) The killing of a heretic, especially in reference to Christianity's dogmatic witch-hunts..
In fact, by the eleventh century, a term was invented for killing non-Christians, since this was not to be considered homicide. It was malicide, Latin for the killing of a bad person.
Use malicide when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Malicide means (historical) The killing of a heretic, especially in reference to Christianity's dogmatic witch-hunts..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
In fact, by the eleventh century, a term was invented for killing non-Christians, since this was not to be considered homicide. It was malicide, Latin for the killing of a bad person.
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