- WORDS RELATED TO KILLING:
parenticide: The act of one who kills one's own parent.
mariticide: (from Latin maritus "husband" + -cide, from caedere "to cut, to kill") literally means murder of one's husband
matricide: /ˈmæt.rɪ.saɪd/a crime in which a person kills their mother
filicide: is the deliberate act of a parent killing his or her own son or daughter. The word filicide derives from the Latin words filius meaning "son" or filia meaning daughter and the suffix -cide meaning to kill, murder, or cause death.
fratricide /ˈfræt.rɪ.saɪd/ the crime of murdering your brother, or killing members of your own group or country
parricide /ˈpær.ɪ.saɪd/ the crime of murdering a close relation, especially a parent. Killing a close relative
patricide: /ˈpæt.rɪ.saɪd/ the crime of killing your own father
sororicide: Sororicide (from Latin soror "sister" + -cide, from caedere "to cut, to kill") is the act of killing one's own sister.
suicide: /ˈsu•əˌsɑɪd/ the act of killing yourself intentionally:
ecocide: The neologism ecocide can be used to refer to any large-scale destruction of the natural environment or over-consumption of critical non-renewable resources.[
genocide: /ˈdʒen•əˌsɑɪd/ the intentional killing of all of the people of a nation, religion, or racial group
onmicide: Destruction of everything
speciocide /ˈspiːʃɪəˌsaɪd/ the elimination of an entire species
populicide:Killing of all people
uxoricide: (from Latin uxor meaning "wife") is murder of one's wife
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- WORDS RELATED TO DYING:
breathed the last breath
came to an end
ceased to be
croaked /kroʊk/ slang (DIE)
dearly departed
No longer with us
passed ( away)
resting in peace
became living-challenged
gone to sleep city
got stamped “return to sender”
kicked the oxygen bucket
passed his sell-by date
permanently out of print
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- OTHERS:
locust: any of several types of large grasshoppers found esp. in hot areas
hail: small, hard balls of ice that fall from the sky like rain / to publicly praise or show
approval for a person or an achievement
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