Meaning

Synonym of avunculicide..

Example Sentences

Mac. Shoot me through the head! / Ben. What, commit unclecide! become a George Barnwell! murder my uncle—never!

This novel did no good, for the NewgateCalendar^([sic]) for the following quarter presented many extra cases of abduction, seduction, and reduction, five of forgery, and eight of Unclecide.

The production of Schiller’s ‘Don Carlos’ was long forbidden, because Don Carlos loved his stepmother; in ‘The Robbers,’ the Father was turned into an uncle, and a stupendous effect was produced by the cry of “Unclecide,” substituted for Parricide.

“Where’s Glen?” Kathy said, “I’m going to kill him.” / And off she went to commit Unclecide.

As is well known to one and all, while patricide and matricide are matters for tragedy, uncle-cide or auntie-cide are at best the stuff of third-rate melodrama or comedies of manners verging on farce.

I love Sean. I really do. Most of the time. But I’d moved out two years ago for a reason. The same reason I currently considered uncle-cide as a viable life choice. / Okay, faux uncle-cide.

“Dad and my grandparents are watching out for her. They have all decided that my place is with you, and I should not get involved with Selena. Justin may also use my involvement to abuse you, and if he tries anything with you, I will commit unclecide, if there is such a word for killing an uncle.”

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When Should You Use Unclecide?

Use unclecide when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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