patricide

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The Israeli attempt to inflict patricide -- the killing of a country -- on Gaza emphasizes a series of transformational trends that have been clear throughout the Arab region for about the past quarter century.

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  1. noun The act of murdering one's father.
  2. noun One who murders one's father.

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  • Wouldn't you think they'd have got tired of all that patricide, matricide, infanticide, and incest? —  Martha Grimes - The Old Silent
  • The fact of patricide is clear You over-react to the situation," observed Palafox mildly, "Your remedies are worse than the ailment I act as I think necessary," snapped Bustamonte I will relieve you of the child," said Palafox. —  Languages of Pao The
  • Tom "talks to" his deceased mom, reflecting on his recent patricide —  Netvouz - new bookmarks
  • Christie Hefner, Shari Redstone, and Elisabeth Murdoch join forces to commit triple patricide. eInk covers to the incident, with heads that morph from father to daughter. —  Fimoculous.com
  • Clearly this is an example of hikikomori behaviour taken to tragic extremes, although of course we do not hear of what sort of actions the father was taking - it is not unthinkable that he was behaving in an extreme manner too, though of course this hardly justifies patricide. —  AnimeBlogger.net Antenna
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Late Latin patricīdium and patricīda : Latin patri-, patri- + -cīdium, -cīda, -cide.

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  1. = Spanish Italian patricida, from Latin as if *patricida (the supposed orig. form of parricida, a parricide: see parricide), from pater (patr-), father, + -cida, from cædere, kill.
  2. = Sp, Italian patricidio, from Latin as if *patricidium (the supposed orig. form of parricidium, parricide: see parricide), from pater (patr-), father, + -cidium, from cædere, kill.
 

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/ˈpætrɪsaɪd/
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