matricidenoun [ U ]
uk/ˈmæt.rɪ.saɪd//ˈmeɪ.trɪ.saɪd/us/ˈmæt.rə.saɪd//ˈmeɪ.trə.saɪd/a crime in which a person kills their mother
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Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Murder & attempted murder
- assassinate
- assassination
- attempt
- blow sb away
- blow sb's brains out idiom
- bump
- dispatch
- lynch
- lynch law
- manslaughter
- martyr
- martyred
- necklace
- poison
- slain
- slay
- slaying
- slew 1
- snuff sb out
- throttle
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