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Pronunciation: [pˈaɹɪsˌa͡ɪdz] (IPA)

The word "parricides" refers to individuals who have committed the act of killing their parents. However, there exist several synonyms for this term that convey the same meaning. One possible synonym is "patricides," which pertains specifically to the killing of one's father. Another synonym is "matricides," which denotes the killing of one's mother. The term "parenticide" is commonly used to describe the act of killing either parent. Other synonyms include "filicides" (killing of one's child), "uxoricides" (killing of one's wife), and "fratricides" (killing of one's brother). Despite the existence of these synonyms, the term "parricide" continues to be the most commonly used term used to describe the act of killing one's parents.
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"Dark and designing knaves-murderous parricides!
"Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution"
L. Carroll Judson
Walpole himself had spoken very harshly in the House of Commons, and condemned in unmeasured terms those of his party-the Whig party-who could be so unworthy as, without blushing, to open their mouths in favor of rebels and parricides, and he had carried an adjournment of the House of Commons from the 22d of February to the 1st of March, in order to prevent any further petitions in favor of the rebel lords from being presented before the day fixed for their execution.
"A History of the Four Georges, Volume I (of 4)"
Justin McCarthy
In a word, let us contemplate the horrors of fifteen centuries, all frequently renewed in the course of a single one; unarmed men slain at the feet of altars; kings destroyed by the dagger or by poison; a large state reduced to half its extent by the fury of its own citizens; the nation at once the most warlike and the most pacific on the face of the globe, divided in fierce hostility against itself; the sword unsheathed between the sons and the father; usurpers, tyrants, executioners, sacrilegious robbers, and bloodstained parricides violating, under the impulse of religion, every convention divine or human-such is the deadly picture of fanaticism.
"A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 5 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version""
François-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire) Commentator: John Morley Tobias Smollett H.G. Leigh

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