matricide
noun
ma·tri·cide ˈma-trə-ˌsīd 
ˈmā-
ˈmā- 1
[Latin matricidium, from matr- + -cidium -cide] : murder of a mother by her son or daughter
2
[Latin matricida, from matr- + -cida -cide] : one that murders his or her mother
matricidal
ˌma-trə-ˈsī-dᵊl
adjective ˌmā-
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The reasons were vague, the usual grab bag of crimes—matricide, acting, that sort of thing. 
Gaia Squarci, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Sep. 2020 And on down through matricide, wife-killing and a string of other high crimes and misdemeanors. Gaia Squarci, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Sep. 2020 Even the episode involving matricide – at the extremity of possible wrongdoing – was not clear-cut. The Washington Post, The Mercury News, 18 June 2019 Even the episode involving matricide — at the extremity of possible wrongdoing — was not clear-cut. BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2019 The investigation into alleged matricide began Friday, with a straightforward missing persons report. Matthew Ormseth, courant.com, 10 June 2018 There are two murders on camera and innumerable others referred to including a matricide. Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 June 2017 Yet Western culture has been haunted for millennia by the wretched House of Atreus – cursed through the generations with fratricide, patricide, filicide, mariticide, and matricide. Steven G. Kellman, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 June 2017 Their son Orestes, supported by his sister Electra, then commits matricide as payback for his father’s death. Erin Saxon, kansascity.com, 27 May 2017 See More
Gaia Squarci, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Sep. 2020 And on down through matricide, wife-killing and a string of other high crimes and misdemeanors. Gaia Squarci, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Sep. 2020 Even the episode involving matricide – at the extremity of possible wrongdoing – was not clear-cut. The Washington Post, The Mercury News, 18 June 2019 Even the episode involving matricide — at the extremity of possible wrongdoing — was not clear-cut. BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2019 The investigation into alleged matricide began Friday, with a straightforward missing persons report. Matthew Ormseth, courant.com, 10 June 2018 There are two murders on camera and innumerable others referred to including a matricide. Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 June 2017 Yet Western culture has been haunted for millennia by the wretched House of Atreus – cursed through the generations with fratricide, patricide, filicide, mariticide, and matricide. Steven G. Kellman, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 June 2017 Their son Orestes, supported by his sister Electra, then commits matricide as payback for his father’s death. Erin Saxon, kansascity.com, 27 May 2017 See More Word History
First Known Use
1594, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Medical Definition
matricide
noun
ma·tri·cide ˈma-trə-ˌsīd ˈmā-
ˈmā- 1
: murder of a mother by her son or daughter
2
: one that murders his or her mother
Legal Definition
matricide
noun
mat·ri·cide ˈma-trə-ˌsīd
1
: the murder of a mother by her son or daughter
2
[Latin matricida, from matr- + -cida killer] : a person who murders his or her mother
matricides
noun
as in patricides
Synonyms & Similar Words
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- patricides
- fratricides
- filicides
- uxoricides
- rubouts
- parricides
- regicides
- foul play
- decimations
- murders
- slayings
- chance-medleys
- homicides
- manslaughters
- mercy killings
- massacres
- slaughters
- assisted suicides
- killings
- carnages
- bloodsheds
- executions
- butcheries
- blood
- assassinations
- physician-assisted suicides
- destructions
- hits
- euthanasias