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tyrannicide

US/taɪˈɹænɪsaɪd/

tyrannicide noun: the killing of a tyrant.

Noun (1)

tyrannicide (countable and uncountable, plural tyrannicides)

  1. The killing of a tyrant.

Noun (2)

tyrannicide (plural tyrannicides)

  1. Someone who kills a tyrant.
    • Princip had even found time to learn by heart the entirety of The Mountain Wreath, Petrović-Njegos's stirring epic celebration of the selfless tyrannicide Miloš Obilić.2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin, published 2013, page 51

Forms of tyrannicide

pluraltyrannicides

Origin of tyrannicide

From French tyrannicide, from Middle French tyrannicide, from Latin tyrannicīda. Equivalent to tyrant + -cide.

From French tyrannicide, from Middle French tyrannicide, from Latin tyrannicīdium. Equivalent to tyrant + -cide.

Words formed from tyrannicide

Questions about tyrannicide

What does tyrannicide mean?
Tyrannicide means the killing of a tyrant.
What part of speech is tyrannicide?
Tyrannicide is a noun.
How do you pronounce tyrannicide?
Tyrannicide is pronounced /taɪˈɹænɪsaɪd/ (US).
What is the plural of tyrannicide?
The plural of tyrannicide is tyrannicides.

Words near tyrannicide in the dictionary

  1. tyrannical
  2. tyrannical sadism
  3. tyrannically
  4. tyrannicalness
  5. tyrannicidal
  6. tyrannicide
  7. tyrannicides
  8. tyrannick
  9. tyrannid
  10. tyrannids
  11. tyrannie

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