Killing terms

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Parricide: the killing of one’s parent.

Patricide: the killing of one’s father.

Matricide: the killing of one’s mother.

Fratricide: the killing of one’s brother.

Sororicide: the killing of one’s sister.

Infanticide: the killing of an infant.

Uxoricide: the killing of one’s wife.

Mariticide: the killing of one’s husband.

Genocide: the killing of a race or generation.

Homicide: the killing of someone/ murder.

Geronticide: the killing of the elderly..

Suicide: the killing of oneself.
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