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patricide

pat·ri·cide

US/ˈpætɹɪsaɪd/ uncommon

noun

1.

a person who murders their father

2.

murder of your father

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French patricide or Latin patricīdium. Equivalent to patri- + -cide.

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