fratricide

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a fratricide, and after death irrevocably damned.

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  1. noun The killing of one's brother or sister.
  2. noun One who has killed one's brother or sister.

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  • I did not care overmuch to trust to the honor of a fratricide, no matter how much his people admired him. —  Jacqueline Carey - Kushiel 02 - Kushiel's Chosen
  • "This time I'll put that baboon brother of yours to sleep for keeps That would be no less than fratricide," drawled Ham. —  051 - Mad Eyes
  • People were appalled at what they regarded as an act of fratricide, and denigrated him as a murderer, a blood-sucker or worse, and many were saying openly that he had let his brother go to the block without lifting a finger to save him. —  TheChildrenof
  • Moreover, the Duke's reputation had been irrevocably besmirched by what many people preferred to call an act of fratricide: his dispassionate attitude at the time of his brother's execution made it seem as if he had welcomed it. —  TheChildrenof
  • Prevention of fratricide, as well as the ability to make ad hoc swarming attacks on targets of opportunity, is one of the major goals of combat data networking among units down to the level of individual tanks and soldiers. —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Latin frātricīdium and frātricīda : frāter, frātr-, brother; see bhrāter- in Indo-European roots + -cīdium and -cīda, -cide.

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  1. from Old French (also F.) fratricide = Spanish Portuguese Italian fratricida, from Latin fratricīda, one who murders a brother, from frater, = English brother, + -cida, a killer, from cœdere, kill.
  2. from Old French (also F.) fratricide = Spanish Portuguese Italian fratricidio, from Latin fratricidium, the murder of a brother, from frater, brother, + -cidium, a killing, from cœdere, kill.
 

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/ˈfrætrɪsaɪd/
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