"magnicide" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: magnicides [plural]
Etymology: From Latin magnus (“great, important”) + -cide. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|magnus||great, important}} Latin magnus (“great, important”), {{suffix|en||cide|id2=killing}} + -cide Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} magnicide (countable and uncountable, plural magnicides)
  1. The assassination of a major political figure. Tags: countable, uncountable

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