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amicide

/ˈæm.ɪ.saɪd/

amicide noun: the act of killing a friend.

Noun

amicide (uncountable)

  1. The act of killing a friend.
    • Friends looked on the corpse of him they loved, and among the truest mourners was the unintentional amicide.1881, History of Jackson County, Michigan, page 465
    • Hippolito, shattered by his realization that he had almost committed “the most execrable act of amicide,” blames himself for “his blindness in not knowing his dearest friend” (495).2002 Autumn, Aspasia Velissariou, ““This thing was only designed for show and form”: The Vicissitudes of Resemblance in Congreve's Incognita”, in Journal of the Short Story in English, volume 39
  2. The accidental killing of a member of one's own side in warfare.
    • It was called amicide. friendly fire, or blue-on-blue.2000, Frank L. Grzyb, A Story for All Americans: Vietnam, Victims, and Veterans, page 197
    • Fratricide (or amicide) is a terrible consequence of combat operations.2006, Bruce W, Fowler & William C. McCorkle, Automated Target Recognition and Fratricide Reduction

Examples of amicide in a sentence

  • The separated head of Namuci followed Indra, accusing him of amicide and Brahmicide, wherever Indra went.2006, Zacharias P Thundy, “Classical Analogues—Eastern and Western—of Sir Gawain”, in Sir Gawain and the Classical Tradition: Essays on the...
  • Friendly fire, also called "amicide," "fratricide," or "blue on blue," has been a constant problem in warfare since the beginning of recorded time.2011 Winter, Michael J Davidson, “Friendly fire and the limits of the military justice system”, in Naval War College Review:

Forms of amicide

alternative formambicide

Origin of amicide

Misspelling of amicicide, from Latin amicus (“friend”) + -cide.

Questions about amicide

What does amicide mean?
Amicide means the act of killing a friend.
How do you use amicide in a sentence?
The separated head of Namuci followed Indra, accusing him of amicide and Brahmicide, wherever Indra went.
What part of speech is amicide?
Amicide is a noun.
How do you pronounce amicide?
Amicide is pronounced /ˈæm.ɪ.saɪd/.

Words near amicide in the dictionary

  1. amici curiae
  2. Amici prism
  3. Amici prisms
  4. amicicide
  5. amicicides
  6. amicide
  7. amicite
  8. amicitial
  9. Amick
  10. Amico
  11. Amicos

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