Meaning of filicide | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The killing of one's own child.
   countable, uncountable
2. A person who kills his or her own child.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“it began by violating nature, and ends in filicide. (I, v)”

“Terms related to familicide include filicide (the killing of one's child or children), uxoricide (the killing of one's wife), fratricide or sororicide (the killing of one's brother or sister), avunculicide (the killing of one's uncle), and nepoticide (the killing of one's nephew).”

“Ned is running, panicked, […] running for the cold hard road and the sanctuary of the Brunch farm like a filicide caught in the act.”

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