fratricide
Murdering one's sibling
Fratricide is the killing of one's brother or sister, or the person who commits such an act.
The term extends to any killing of fellow members of a group—soldiers killed by friendly fire commit fratricide, as do political factions that destroy each other: The party's internal fratricide cost them the election.
The word carries a sense of betrayal, of violence within what should be a bond.
Biblical first killer
- AbelHebrew name meaning breath
- RomulusMythical founder of Rome
- RemusLegendary Roman fratricide victim
- SethHebrew name, "appointed"
Osiris · Castor · Pollux · Horus · Loki · genesis · curse · founding
Deliberate unlawful killing
- killingCausing death deliberately
- slayingAct of killing
- assassinationMurder of a prominent figure
- manslaughterUnlawful killing without forethought
premeditated · culpable · bloodshed · perpetrator · victim · motive · weapon · evidence
Brother or sister
- sororicideMurdering one's own sister
- parricideSlaying one's own parent
- filicideMurdering one's own child
- familicideSlaying one's family members
brother · sister · family · kindred · clan · bloodline · inheritance · succession
Intense sorrow from loss
- remorseGuilt for wrongdoing
- guiltMoral self-reproach
- anguishIntense mental suffering
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
mourning · bereavement · devastation · trauma · irreversible · catastrophe · taboo · forbidden
Loss of honor
- shamePainful awareness of failure
- scandalDisgraceful public affair
- stigmaMark of dishonor
- dishonorLoss of respect
pariah · outcast · abomination · anathema · notoriety · ignominy · ostracism · condemned
Opposition between parties
- coupAbrupt seizure of power
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
- mutinyRevolt against authority
internecine · faction · comrade · infighting · schism · purge · revolution · partisan
Cain
Biblical first killer
Seth · Osiris · Castor · Pollux · Horus · Loki · genesis · curse · founding · legend
murder
Deliberate unlawful killing
- killingCausing death deliberately
- slayingAct of killing
- assassinationMurder of a prominent figure
manslaughter · premeditated · culpable · bloodshed · perpetrator · victim · motive · weapon · evidence · intent
sibling
Brother or sister
- sororicideMurdering one's own sister
- parricideSlaying one's own parent
- filicideMurdering one's own child
familicide · brother · sister · family · kindred · clan · bloodline · inheritance · succession · rivalry
grief
Intense sorrow from loss
sorrow · mourning · bereavement · devastation · trauma · irreversible · catastrophe · taboo · forbidden · sin
disgrace
Loss of honor
dishonor · pariah · outcast · abomination · anathema · notoriety · ignominy · ostracism · condemned · unforgivable
conflict
Opposition between parties
- coupAbrupt seizure of power
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
mutiny · internecine · faction · comrade · infighting · schism · purge · revolution · partisan · guerrilla
- -cide wordsgenocide, fungicide, herbicide, insecticide, pesticide
- Early RomeRomulus, Remus, founding of Rome, founding myth, she-wolf
- historical crimestreason, heresy, blasphemy, witchcraft, piracy
- murdermanslaughter, assassination, premeditated murder, serial killing, mass murder
- Romulus legendRemus, wolf, twins, Tiber River, Mars
- fatal causesdrowning, electrocution, suffocation, poisoning, stabbing
fratricidepatricide
Murder of one's father
matricide · sororicide · filicide · parricide · infanticide