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How to pronounce parricide in English?

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Type Words
Type of liquidator, murderer, manslayer
Has types matricide, patricide
Type Words
Type of slaying, murder, execution
Has types patricide, matricide

Examples of parricide

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A play about parricide, appearing just after Freud defined the Oedipus complex, was destined to fascinate.
From the guardian.co.uk
These include parricide, law and order and social problems.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Better still to do as the Romans in cases of parricide.
From the time.com
Despite the prevalence of abuse, parricide remains rare.
From the time.com
It's called parricide and typically involves boys.
From the abcnews.go.com
Christian Lindner, the clever general secretary, is young for the top job and does not look ready to commit parricide.
From the economist.com
The adulation makes emotional sense if one sees parricide as a metaphor for rebellion against a political patriarchy.
From the time.com
At least two parricide offenders in Colorado have proved they can turn their lives around in a big way after serving prison time.
From the denverpost.com
Freud wrote an article titled Dostoevsky and Parricide, asserting that the greatest works in world literature are all about parricide.
From the en.wikipedia.org
More examples
  • Someone who kills his or her parent
  • The murder of your own father or mother
  • Parricide (parricida, killer of parents or another close relative) is defined as: *the act of murdering one's father (patricide), mother (matricide) or other close relative, but usually not children (infanticide). ...
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  • Someone who kills a relative, especially a parent; The killing of a relative, especially a parent; The killing of a ruler, or other authority figure; treason
  • (parricidal) Related to, inclined to, or guilty of, the murder of one's immediate family
  • (31) murder of a parent