He committed filicide to end his daughter's suffering.
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Filicide
//ˈfɪ.lɪ.sʌɪd//
Synonyms for "filicide"
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17 translations across 8 languages.
Czech
3 entries- dcerovrah noun (person who kills his or her own child)
- synovrah noun (person who kills his or her own child)
- synovražedkyně noun (person who kills his or her own child)
French
2 entries- filicide noun (killing of one's own child)
- filicide noun (person who kills his or her own child)
Galician
2 entries- filicida noun (person who kills his or her own child)
- filicidio noun (killing of one's own child)
Ido
1 entries- filiocido noun (person who kills his or her own child)
Macedonian
2 entries- чедоубиец noun (person who kills his or her own child)
- чедоубиство noun (killing of one's own child)
Polish
3 entries- dzieciobójca noun (person who kills his or her own child)
- dzieciobójczyni noun (person who kills his or her own child)
- dzieciobójstwo noun (killing of one's own child)
Portuguese
2 entries- filicida noun (person who kills his or her own child)
- filicídio noun (killing of one's own child)
Spanish
2 entries- filicida noun (person who kills his or her own child)
- filicidio noun (killing of one's own child)
Sample sentences
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it began by violating nature, and ends in filicide. (I, v)
Source: wiktionary
Terms related to familicide include filicide (the killing of one's child or children), uxoricide (the killing of one's wife), fratricide or sororicide (the killing of one's brother or sister), avunculicide (the killing of one's uncle), and nepoticide (the killing of one's nephew).
Source: wiktionary
Ned is running, panicked, […] running for the cold hard road and the sanctuary of the Brunch farm like a filicide caught in the act.
Source: wiktionary
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