fratricide

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The killing of one's brother (or sister). countable,uncountable
    — The new accusation brought by Urban against Manfred of murdering his sister-in-law's embassador – it may be observed that, tacitly, he acquits him of parricide, fratricide, and nepoticide – requires a little explanation.
  2. A person who commits fratricide.
    — Can Signorio was twice a fratricide, the last time when he lay upon his death-bed: his tomb bears upon its gables the images of six virtues, — Faith, Hope, Charity, Prudence, and (I believe) Justice and Fortitude.
  3. The intentional or unintentional killing of a comrade in arms. broadly,countable,uncountable
    — From January on, Third Army also spent a good deal of energy trying to solve the problem of fratricide, the killing or injuring of one's own forces by what is ironically called 'friendly fire,'[…]
  4. The undesirable situation where the separate missiles from a MIRV interfere with each other as they explode. broadly,countable,uncountable

词形变化

fratricides plural fratricides plural

词汇关系

衍生词
fratricidal nuclear fratricide
相关词
homicide patricide regicide

词源

词源 1
From Middle French fratricide or its etymon Latin frātricīdium.
词源 2
From Middle English fratricide, from Middle French fratricide or its etymon Latin frātricīda.
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