Parenticide

//pəˈɹɛn.təˌsaɪd// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The killing of a parent. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A person who kills his or her parent. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms
parricide

Etymology

From parent + -cide.

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