fratricide
Etymology 1

From Middle French fratricide or its etymon Latin frātricīdium.

Noun

fratricide

  1. The killing of one's brother (or sister).
  2. (military, by extension) The intentional or unintentional killing of a comrade in arms.
  3. (military, by extension) The undesirable situation where the separate missiles from a MIRV interfere with each other as they explode.
Related terms Translations Etymology 2

From Middle English fratricide, from Middle French fratricide or its etymon Latin frātricīda.

Noun

fratricide (plural fratricides)

  1. A person who commits fratricide.
    • 1853, John Ruskin, “Roman Renaissance”, in The Stones of Venice, volume III (The Fall), London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC ↗, § LVI, page 73 ↗:
      Can Signorio was twice a fratricide, the last time when he lay upon his death-bed: his tomb bears upon its gables the images of six virtues, — Faith, Hope, Charity, Prudence, and (I believe) Justice and Fortitude.
Synonyms Translations


This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.001
Offline English dictionary