Meaning of familicide | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The murder of an entire family by a family member.
   countable, uncountable
2. The perpetrator of a familicide.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Because of the familicide that wiped out his entire family, he will be charged with six counts of murder⟳.”

“Familicide is the murder⟳ of family members by another family member. In other words, familicide is a multiple-victim homicide in which the killer's spouse or partner and one or more children are killed. Although familicide is relatively rare, it is nevertheless the most common form⟳ of mass killing.”

“The popular professional wrestler became the most notorious familicide of 2007.”

“There has also been some recent work⟳ focused on diagnostic correlates in aggressive individuals, including a familicide.”

“While hiding there under the assumed name⟳ Calinda, she nearly falls prey to duke Brianto, a stock⟳ character modeled on the salacious predatory Turk (a ‘familicide’ of “beastly appetite,” in league with a dishonest Greek ally) […]”

“His behaviour in Ukraine increasingly resembles that of a familicide, who would rather kill⟳ his wife and children than let⟳ them go.”

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