"familicide" meaning in English

See familicide in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: familicides [plural]
Etymology: From family + -cide. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|family|cide|nocat=1}} family + -cide Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} familicide (countable and uncountable, plural familicides)
  1. The murder of an entire family by a family member. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Family, Murder
    Sense id: en-familicide-en-noun-OZ333jlG Disambiguation of Family: 100 0 Disambiguation of Murder: 93 7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -cide (killer), English terms suffixed with -cide (killing), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -cide (killer): 79 21 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -cide (killing): 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 89 11
  2. The perpetrator of a familicide. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-familicide-en-noun-L39Hjmti
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): People Derived forms: familicidal Related terms: altruistic filicide, family annihilator, fratricide, homicide, infanticide, parricide, sororicide, suicide, uxoricide
Disambiguation of People: 0 0

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