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Recent Examples of regicide
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.
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Peter Marks, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2024
Those Tories by the way have a particular penchant for political regicide before voters get the chance.
—Stephen Collinson, CNN, 19 Jan. 2023
The convulsions of 17th-century England are familiar: a civil war, a regicide and, eventually, a restoration of the monarchy.
—Jeffrey Collins, WSJ, 14 Oct. 2022
Stephen Root, in a single scene as Porter, lifts the grim, forensic business of regicide and its aftermath into the realm of knockabout farce.
—New York Times, 22 Dec. 2021
Sure, there was a Hamlet-esque regicide plotline among some lions.
—Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 11 July 2019
But regulatory moves can often take months or years to come into full effect, so a short-term prediction need not account for every possibility.
King Coal’s regicide?
—Megan Geuss, Ars Technica, 11 July 2018
Peter Marks, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2024
Those Tories by the way have a particular penchant for political regicide before voters get the chance.
—Stephen Collinson, CNN, 19 Jan. 2023
The convulsions of 17th-century England are familiar: a civil war, a regicide and, eventually, a restoration of the monarchy.
—Jeffrey Collins, WSJ, 14 Oct. 2022
Stephen Root, in a single scene as Porter, lifts the grim, forensic business of regicide and its aftermath into the realm of knockabout farce.
—New York Times, 22 Dec. 2021
Sure, there was a Hamlet-esque regicide plotline among some lions.
—Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 11 July 2019
But regulatory moves can often take months or years to come into full effect, so a short-term prediction need not account for every possibility.
King Coal’s regicide?
—Megan Geuss, Ars Technica, 11 July 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for regicide
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But Dwight picks the fight by almost immediately accusing Chickie of patricide, which happens to be true but won’t win you any brownie points, for sure.Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 17 Nov. 2024
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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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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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Easily the nation’s most notable parolee, Gypsy Rose Blanchard, 32, was released Dec. 28 having served eight years of her 10-year sentence for matricide.Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 13 Jan. 2024
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However, Daniel's hold over Luke proves to be strong, and almost leads him to commit matricide.Amy Mackelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 Sep. 2022
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The fratricide overshadowed Caracalla’s achievements, including the passage of an edict granting all free men in the Roman Empire citizenship and the construction of a luxurious public bath complex that bore the emperor’s name.Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Nov. 2024
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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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An arrest warrant was issued earlier this month for 32-year-old Bryant Jay Beecher of Denver, but the man hasn’t been arrested, according to a news release from the Aurora Police Department. Beecher is wanted on charges of first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder, police said.Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 27 Dec. 2024
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Three people were found dead inside a Baldwin Park home, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department officials said, and a 23-year-old man who lived at the home was arrested on suspicion of murder.Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024
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But homicides were up, with nine killings through November versus five during the same time frame last year.Cedar Attanasio, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024
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The report found that no homicides had occurred at the prison between 2019 and 2023 and that security and staffing adjustments made earlier this year had helped to reduce violence.Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 26 Dec. 2024
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The brutal slaying appeared to have unfolded in the heat of an argument, investigators say.Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 18 Dec. 2024
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New evidence:Gilgo Beach suspect charged in more slayings; new info called a 'blueprint' to kill Valerie Mack identified nearly 2 decades after death Three people out hunting in Manorville discovered human remains on Nov. 19, 2000, when their dog alerted them to a black plastic bag.Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
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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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“Regicide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regicide. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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