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Recent Examples of matricide
However, Daniel's hold over Luke proves to be strong, and almost leads him to commit matricide.
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Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 Sep. 2022
The reasons were vague, the usual grab bag of crimes—matricide, acting, that sort of thing.
—Gaia Squarci, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Sep. 2020
And on down through matricide, wife-killing and a string of other high crimes and misdemeanors.
—Gaia Squarci, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Sep. 2020
Even the episode involving matricide – at the extremity of possible wrongdoing – was not clear-cut.
—The Washington Post, The Mercury News, 18 June 2019
Even the episode involving matricide — at the extremity of possible wrongdoing — was not clear-cut.
—BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2019
The investigation into alleged matricide began Friday, with a straightforward missing persons report.
—Matthew Ormseth, courant.com, 10 June 2018
There are two murders on camera and innumerable others referred to including a matricide.
—Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 June 2017
Yet Western culture has been haunted for millennia by the wretched House of Atreus – cursed through the generations with fratricide, patricide, filicide, mariticide, and matricide.
—Steven G. Kellman, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 June 2017
Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 Sep. 2022
The reasons were vague, the usual grab bag of crimes—matricide, acting, that sort of thing.
—Gaia Squarci, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Sep. 2020
And on down through matricide, wife-killing and a string of other high crimes and misdemeanors.
—Gaia Squarci, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Sep. 2020
Even the episode involving matricide – at the extremity of possible wrongdoing – was not clear-cut.
—The Washington Post, The Mercury News, 18 June 2019
Even the episode involving matricide — at the extremity of possible wrongdoing — was not clear-cut.
—BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2019
The investigation into alleged matricide began Friday, with a straightforward missing persons report.
—Matthew Ormseth, courant.com, 10 June 2018
There are two murders on camera and innumerable others referred to including a matricide.
—Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 June 2017
Yet Western culture has been haunted for millennia by the wretched House of Atreus – cursed through the generations with fratricide, patricide, filicide, mariticide, and matricide.
—Steven G. Kellman, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for matricide
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The movie includes intense domestic abuse (verbal, physical and emotional), gun violence, death and descriptions of patricide.Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
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It’s done in the saddest way, with the original sin of patricide.Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 12 Feb. 2024
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Macron’s ascent to the presidency began, like a certain Greek tragedy, with parricide.Arthur Goldhammer, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2018
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Everything seems to be pointing toward parricide, but the future is no simpler than the past.Adam Shatz, The New York Review of Books, 2 Jan. 2020
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This can particularly be a problem when aircraft are supporting ground troops in combat, a sometimes confusing situation where mistakes can lead to fratricide.Paul Scharre, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2018
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Here, Hamlet is a melancholy suburban prince named Juicy, in a Black family rocked by betrayal and fratricide and ghosts who pop out of backyard grills.Chris Richards, Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2023
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The raw power grab that excites Lady Macbeth and incites her husband to regicide feels especially pertinent now, when the dangers of autocracy loom over political discussions.Peter Marks, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2024
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Those Tories by the way have a particular penchant for political regicide before voters get the chance.Stephen Collinson, CNN, 19 Jan. 2023
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One study of maternal filicide observed that, whereas psychotic mothers often acted suddenly, depressed mothers tended to contemplate killing their children for days or weeks before acting.Eren Orbey, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
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Each was a tragedy, but maternal filicide falls low on the register of reasons for infant death.Maria Laurino, The New Republic, 29 June 2023
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That changed in February, when the state located the necessary drugs and planned to execute Thomas Creech, who was convicted of five murders in three states.Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Additionally, authorities say Gonzalez-Nunez associated himself with Norteño gang members who were responsible for murders around the area.Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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“Matricide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/matricide. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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