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Fratricidal

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to fratricide.

    "Taizong's failure fooled no one. Indeed, one of Taizong's own sons may well have been unhinged by his father's obvious fratricidal and nepoticidal actions. These personal considerations directly affected Taizong's policy decisions, and thus warrant some discussion."

Etymology

From fratricide + -al.

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