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Mariticide

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of killing one's spouse, especially the murder of a husband by his wife. countable, uncountable

    "Katherine Crockett failed to ignite the big solo in which the title character relishes the ax she will use to commit mariticide."

  2. 2
    the murder of a husband by his wife wordnet
  3. 3
    A woman who has killed her husband. countable

Etymology

From Latin maritus (“married, husband”) + -cide, from caedere (“to kill”).

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