child killing
Slaying the young
Child killing is the act of killing a child.
The term covers various contexts: murder by a stranger, filicide (a parent killing their own child), or infanticide (killing an infant).
It also describes systematic violence against children in war or genocide.
As a modifier, it describes someone who kills children: a child-killing monster, child-killing policies.
- infanticideKilling of newborns
- filicideMurdering one's own child
- murderDeliberate unlawful killing
- shaken babyViolently jarred young child
- tragedyDisastrous or sorrowful event
innocence · victim · lost innocence · crime · crime scene · horror · grief · loss · true crime · abuse · neglect · violence · suffering · protection · protective custody · vulnerability · motherhood · fatherhood
child killingchild rescue
Saving a young person
childbirth · giving birth · raising children · life-giving · procreation
child killingchild protection
Measures ensuring youth safety
child safeguarding · child advocacy · child welfare · child rescue · adoption
child killingunintentional harm
Injury caused without intent
accidental injury · tragic accident · involuntary manslaughter · misadventure
child, children, childish, childlike, childhood, childless, childlessness, kill, killing