filicide
IPA: fˈiɫɪsaɪd
noun
- The killing of one's own child.
- A person who kills his or her own child.
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Examples of "filicide" in Sentences
- Yates is listed in the filicide article.
- She is a cruel and evil tyrant with a history of filicide.
- Her filicide would go on to become the standard for later writers.
- Sometimes there is a combination of murder and suicide in filicide cases.
- Filicide is the deliberate act of a parent killing their own son or daughter.
- Already covered by Patricide, Matricide, filicide, fratricide, and sororicide.
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