"prolicide" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: prolicides [plural]
Etymology: Latin proles (“offspring”) + caedere (“kill”). Equivalent to + -cide. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|proles||offspring}} Latin proles (“offspring”), {{m|la|caedere||kill}} caedere (“kill”), {{suffix|en||cide|nocat=1}} + -cide Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} prolicide (countable and uncountable, plural prolicides)
  1. (uncountable) The crime of destroying one's offspring, either in the womb or after birth. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Murder
    Sense id: en-prolicide-en-noun-18Hs9A-d Disambiguation of Murder: 66 34 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -cide (killer), English terms suffixed with -cide (killing), English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -cide (killer): 45 55 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -cide (killing): 45 55 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 48 52
  2. (countable) One who commits prolicide. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-prolicide-en-noun-rJG6U5n2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -cide (killer), English terms suffixed with -cide (killing), English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -cide (killer): 45 55 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -cide (killing): 45 55 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: filicide, infanticide, neonaticide, abortion

Inflected forms

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