Would you like to widen your vocabulary? 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. GAB