fratricidaladj.
/ˌfratrᵻˈsʌɪdl/, /ˌfreɪtrᵻˈsʌɪdl/, U.S. /ˌfrætrəˈsaɪd(ə)l/, /ˈfrætrəˌsaɪd(ə)l/ That kills or has killed his brother; concerned with the slaughter of a brother or of brothers.
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the world > life > death > killing > killing of type of person > [adjective] > of relative > of brother
fratricidal1804
1804 Ld. Teignmouth Mem. Sir W. Jones (1806) 202 A fratricidal war between the learned.
1809 T. Campbell Gertrude of Wyoming vi Amidst the strife of fratricidal foes.
1850 J. S. Blackie tr. Æschylus Lyrical Dramas II. 202 All gashed and gored, by fratricidal Wounds they die.
1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. ix. 213 Such a method would give rise to..fratricidal civil wars.
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