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Matricide   Listen
noun
Matricide  n.  
1.
The murder of a mother by her son or daughter.
2.
One who murders one's own mother.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Matricide" Quotes from Famous Books



... Cain, assassin, terrorist, cutthroat, garroter, bravo, Thug, Moloch, matador, sabreur^; guet-a-pens; gallows, executioner &c (punishment) 975; man-eater, apache^, hatchet man [U.S.], highbinder [U.S.]. regicide, parricide, matricide, fratricide, infanticide, feticide, foeticide^, uxoricide^, vaticide^. suicide, felo de se^, hara-kiri, suttee, Juggernath^; immolation, auto da fe, holocaust. suffocation, strangulation, garrote; hanging &c v.; lapidation^. deadly weapon &c (arms) 727; Aceldama^. [Destruction of animals] slaughtering; ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget

... first parricide at Rome was L. Ostius, after the Second Punic War. During the Cimbric, P. Malleolus was guilty of the first matricide. ...
— The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 4 • Various

... yet the doctor thinks my presence might save her, for she calls for me without ceasing. She wishes to see me for the last time, that she may die in peace. Oh, that wish is sacred! Not to grant it would be matricide. If I can but arrive in time! Travelling day and night, it will take nearly ...
— The Wandering Jew, Complete • Eugene Sue



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