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matricides

matricides is the plural of matricide.

Meaning of matricide

Noun

matricide (countable and uncountable, plural matricides)

  1. The killing of one's mother.
    • Gerald was imprisoned for matricide: he strangled his mother.
  2. A person who kills his or her mother.
    • Nancy was a matricide; it happened four years ago.

Questions about matricides

What is matricides the plural of?
Matricides is the plural of matricide.

Words near matricides in the dictionary

  1. matrician
  2. matricians
  3. matricidal
  4. matricidally
  5. matricide
  6. matricides
  7. matricin
  8. matricization
  9. matricizations
  10. matricize
  11. matricized

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