regicidal
Bent on kingslaying
Regicidal means relating to or characteristic of killing a king.
The word describes acts, plots, or persons involved in such killing: regicidal conspiracy, regicidal intent.
It extends to any overthrow of ruling authority: The board's regicidal move ousted the CEO.
Murder of a prominent figure
- usurperIllegal power seizer
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- crownSovereign's ornamental headpiece
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
succession · sovereign · despot · tyrant · emperor · coronation · heir · abdication
Storyline or land parcel
- assassinationMurder of a prominent figure
- coupAbrupt seizure of power
- seditionInciting revolt against government
- betrayalBreaking of trust
treason · collusion · cabal · infiltration · sabotage · defection · espionage · double agent
Organized resistance to power
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
- mutinyRevolt against authority
overthrow · regime change · republicanism · democratization · liberation · guillotine · scaffold · execution
Inclined to kill
- bloodthirstyEager to kill
- brutalSavagely harsh or severe
- savageFierce and untamed
- ruthlessLacking any compassion
merciless · cold-blooded · pitiless · remorseless · deadly · lethal · slaying · beheading
assassination
Murder of a prominent figure
- usurperIllegal power seizer
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- crownSovereign's ornamental headpiece
dynasty · succession · sovereign · despot · tyrant · emperor · coronation · heir · abdication · scepter
plot
Storyline or land parcel
- assassinationMurder of a prominent figure
- coupAbrupt seizure of power
- seditionInciting revolt against government
betrayal · treason · collusion · cabal · infiltration · sabotage · defection · espionage · double agent · fifth column
uprising
Organized resistance to power
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
mutiny · overthrow · regime change · republicanism · democratization · liberation · guillotine · scaffold · execution · Jacobin
murderous
Inclined to kill
- bloodthirstyEager to kill
- brutalSavagely harsh or severe
- savageFierce and untamed
ruthless · merciless · cold-blooded · pitiless · remorseless · deadly · lethal · slaying · beheading · stabbing
regicidalroyalist
Advocate for hereditary sovereignty
loyal · monarchist · faithful · loyalist · cavalier