fratricidal
fratricidal adjective: of or pertaining to fratricide.
Adjective
fratricidal (comparative more fratricidal, superlative most fratricidal)
- Of or pertaining to fratricide.
- Taizong's failure fooled no one. Indeed, one of Taizong's own sons may well have been unhinged by his father's obvious fratricidal and nepoticidal actions. These personal considerations directly affected Taizong's policy decisions, and thus warrant some discussion.2008, Peter Lorge, “The Great Ditch of China and the Song-Liao Border”, in Don J. Wyatt, editor, Battlefronts Real and Imagined: War, Border, and Identity in the Chinese Middle Period, New York...
- At the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, which commemorates the president who urged a fratricidal nation to go forward “with malice toward none, with charity toward all,” the Olipa family debated what’s happened to leadership in America.2023 March 31, Christa Case Bryant, Henry Gass, Story Hinckley, Sophie Hills, “Sobering moment: Americans reflect on Trump indictment”, in The Christian Science Monitor
Forms of fratricidal
| comparative | more fratricidal |
|---|---|
| superlative | most fratricidal |
Origin of fratricidal
From fratricide + -al.
Words formed from fratricidal
Questions about fratricidal
- What does fratricidal mean?
- Fratricidal means of or pertaining to fratricide.
- What part of speech is fratricidal?
- Fratricidal is an adjective.
Words near fratricidal in the dictionary
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