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tyrannicide
ty·ran·ni·cide [ ti ránni sd ] (plural ty·ran·ni·cides)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. assassination of tyrant: the killing of a tyrant
2. assassin of tyrant: the killer of a tyrant
[Mid-17th century. < Latin tyrannicidium "tyrant-killing," tyrannicida "tyrant-killer" < tyrannus (see tyrant) + caedere "kill" (see -cide)]

ty·ran·ni·cid·al [ ti rànni sd'l ] adjective
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