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patricide
pat·ri·cide [ páttri sd ] (plural pat·ri·cides)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. murder of own father: the murder of a father by his child or children
2. murderer of own father: somebody who murders his or her own father
[Late 16th century. < late Latin patricidium< Latin pater "father"]

pat·ri·cid·al [ pàttri sd'l ] adjective
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