"fratricidal" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more fratricidal [comparative], most fratricidal [superlative]
Etymology: From fratricide + -al. Etymology templates: {{af|en|fratricide|-al}} fratricide + -al Head templates: {{en-adj}} fratricidal (comparative more fratricidal, superlative most fratricidal)
  1. Of or pertaining to fratricide Categories (topical): Death Derived forms: fratricidally Translations (of or pertaining to fratricide): братазабо́йчы (bratazabójčy) (Belarusian), братазгу́бны (bratazhúbny) (Belarusian), братоуби́йствен (bratoubíjstven) (Bulgarian), fratricide (French), fratricida (Galician), ძმათამკვლელი (ʒmatamḳvleli) (Georgian), αδελφοκτόνος (adelfoktónos) (Greek), braar-marrooagh (Manx), bratobójczy (Polish), fratricida (Portuguese), братоуби́йственный (bratoubíjstvennyj) (Russian), братоу̀билачкӣ [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), bratoùbilačkī [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), fratricida (Spanish), братовби́вчий (bratovbývčyj) (Ukrainian)
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          "text": "Taizong's failure fooled no one. Indeed, one of Taizong's own sons may well have been unhinged by his father's obvious fratricidal and nepoticidal actions. These personal considerations directly affected Taizong's policy decisions, and thus warrant some discussion.",
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          "text": "At the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, which commemorates the president who urged a fratricidal nation to go forward “with malice toward none, with charity toward all,” the Olipa family debated what’s happened to leadership in America.",
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