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Meaning of fratricide

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

fratricide

noun

Definitions

  1. The killing of one's brother (or sister).

  2. A person who commits this crime.

  3. (by extension) The intentional or unintentional killing of a comrade in arms.

  4. (by extension) The undesirable situation where the separate missiles from a MIRV interfere with each other as they explode.

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fratricide

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sororicidefamilicidegenticidefilicidematricideinfamitaparricidefamily annihilator