uxoricide

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Noun
  • Macron’s ascent to the presidency began, like a certain Greek tragedy, with parricide.
    Arthur Goldhammer, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2018
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • Those Tories by the way have a particular penchant for political regicide before voters get the chance.
    Stephen Collinson, CNN, 19 Jan. 2023
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Willard was later found guilty of murder, while a jury determined Robinson was not guilty in Jackson’s death, according to local WRTV.
    Sean Neumann, People.com, 26 Jan. 2025
  • According to the provisions of the agreement, detainees who were serving life sentences for murder and other serious crimes must be sent abroad.
    Willem Marx, NPR, 25 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Anyone with information about the death of the bar patron Saturday night can contact the Sheriff’s Office’s homicide unit at 858-285-6330 or San Diego County Crime Stoppers’ anonymous tip line at 888-580-8477.
    Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Wiggins faces a homicide charge, and his girlfriend faces charges of burglary and being an accessory after the fact, online jail records show.
    Michael McGough, Sacramento Bee, 25 Jan. 2025
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“Uxoricide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uxoricide. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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