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fratricide

/fra-tri-sahyd, frey-/US // ˈfræ trɪˌsaɪd, ˈfreɪ- //UK // (ˈfrætrɪˌsaɪd, ˈfreɪ-) //

自相残杀,弑父,弑兄,弑君

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who kills his or her brother.
    • : the act of killing one's brother.

Examples

  • Hillary Rodham Clinton must be reveling in the latest round of Republican fratricide.

  • When Cain was first shut up in the prison of the Law he felt no pang at the fratricide he had committed.

  • A minute ago you were a fratricide, and now, thanks to the absolution that I gave you, you are white as snow.

  • Aye—even a fratricide—because forsooth of the crime of the grace that her brother possessed?

  • On his accession he had not found it necessary to clear his path and prevent further trouble by the usual remedy of fratricide.

  • Not that it signifies in the least in Nepaul whether a man is a fratricide or prefers making away with more distant relatives.