3syllables
fratricide
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Definitions offratricide
1noun
- The killing of one's brother (or sister).
- A person who commits this crime.
- (by extension) The intentional or unintentional killing of a comrade in arms.
- (by extension) The undesirable situation where the separate missiles from a MIRV interfere with each other as they explode.
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