fratricide
Noun
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Noun
fratricide
- The killing of one's brother (or sister).
- A person who commits this crime.
- 1936, H. A. L. Fisher, A History of Europe, Edward Arnold Publishers, p.376,
- The conversion of Russia to Christianity was effected, it would seem by a monster of cruelty and lust. That Vladimir (980–1015) was a fratricide, who maintained 3,500 concubines, has not prevented his canonization as a saint.
- 1936, H. A. L. Fisher, A History of Europe, Edward Arnold Publishers, p.376,
- (military, by extension) The intentional or unintentional killing of a comrade in arms.
- 1999, Richard M. Swain, Lucky War: Third Army in Desert Storm ↗, DIANE Publishing, page 180,
- From January on, Third Army also spent a good deal of energy trying to solve the problem of fratricide, the killing or injuring of one's own forces by what is ironically called 'friendly fire,' […]
- 1999, Richard M. Swain, Lucky War: Third Army in Desert Storm ↗, DIANE Publishing, page 180,
- (military, by extension) The undesirable situation where the separate missiles from a MIRV interfere with each other as they explode.
- (person who commits fratricide) brother-slayer
- (murder) homicide
- (murder of father) patricide
- (murder of king) regicide
- (murder of sister) sororicide
- (military) friendly fire
- French: fratricide
- German: Brudermord (of a brother), Geschwistermord (of a sibling), Geschwistertötung (of a sibling)
- Italian: fratricidio
- Portuguese: fratricídio
- Russian: братоуби́йство
- Spanish: fratricidio
- French: fratricide
- German: Brudermörder, Brudermörderin, Geschwistermörder (of a sibling), Geschwistermörderin (of a sibling)
- Italian: fratricida
- Portuguese: fratricida
- Russian: братоуби́йца
- Spanish: fratricida
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