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  • noun Plural form of tyrannicide.

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Examples

  • Young Finnish patriots, inspired by the tyrannicides of classical antiquity, began to plot Bobrikov's assassination.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Matterhorn 2009

  • March 15 (1798) celebrate Harmodius and Aristogeiton as liberators and tyrannicides. bugbear

    Annotations 2007

  • Young Finnish patriots, inspired by the tyrannicides of classical antiquity, began to plot Bobrikov's assassination.

    A Finnish Brutus? Matterhorn 2009

  • How far the legends reflect historical events and how far they are inventions of early modern Swiss nationalists is a matter of debate; but if true, they record one of the most successful tyrannicides known to history.

    Tyrannicide Day 2007 2007

  • How far the legends reflect historical events and how far they are inventions of early modern Swiss nationalists is a matter of debate; but if true, they record one of the most successful tyrannicides known to history.

    Rad Geek People’s Daily – 2007 – March – 15 2007

  • African slave-trade as piracy upon pain of death, by securing the benefit of a monopoly to the virtuous slaveholders of the ancient dominion, has turned her heroic tyrannicides into a community of slave-breeders for sale, and converted the land of George Washington,

    The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society

  • Aud the suppression of the African slave-trade as piracy upon pain of death, by securing the benefit of a monopoly to the virtuous slaveholders of the ancient dominion, has turned her heroic tyrannicides into a community of slave-breeders for sale, and converted the land of GEORGE WASHINGTON, PATRICK HENRY,

    The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society

  • And the suppression of the African slave-trade as piracy upon pain of death, by securing the benefit of a monopoly to the virtuous slaveholders of the ancient dominion, has turned her heroic tyrannicides into a community of slave-breeders for sale, and converted the land of

    The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society

  • He seconded another motion of Bonaparte's prefect, Jean Debrie, to decree a corps of tyrannicides, destined to murder all Emperors, Kings, and

    Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon Various

  • He seconded another motion of Bonaparte's prefect, Jean Debrie, to decree a corps of tyrannicides, destined to murder all Emperors, Kings, and

    Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete Various

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