List of Words to Describe Killing Different People

• amicicide: murder of a friend
• episcopicide: killing of bishops
• filicide: killing of one's own child
• fratricide: killing of one's brother
• gynaecide: killing of women
• mariticide: killing or killer of one's husband
• matricide: killing of one's mother
• neonaticide: killing or killer of a newborn infant
• parenticide: killing or killer of one's parents
• parricide: killing of parents or a parent-like close relative
• patricide: killing of one's father
• prolicide: killing of offspring; killing of the human race
• regicide: killing of a monarch
• senicide: killing of old men
• siblicide: killing or killer of a sibling
• sororicide: killing of one's own sister
• speciocide: destruction of an entire species
• tyrannicide: killing of a tyrant
• uxoricide: killing of one's own wife
• vaticide: killing of a prophet