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regicide

How to use regicide in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for regicide.

Editorial note

Sadly, it's not the "You have selected regicide.

Examples12
Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

someone who commits regicide; the killer of a king

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of regicide gathered in one view.

noun

someone who commits regicide; the killer of a king

noun

the act of killing a king

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for regicide.

noun

someone who commits regicide; the killer of a king

noun

the act of killing a king

Example sentences

1

Sadly, it's not the "You have selected regicide.

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Making light of a 100 year-old regicide is hate speech in Google's eyes.

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Kings who have committed regicide on their predecessor are all too aware of how they got into power.

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You'll need outreach programs, door-to-door, slaughtering those that don't follow your holy book, regicide, etc... /s

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The first page of "Discipline and Punish" is a very clear description of the drawing and quartering of a regicide.

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"Cesarean section results in regicide, 30 years later.

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Suicide is not the only word to use the -cide suffix: genocide, regicide, homicide, uxoricide.

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> nonviolent change of power from royalty to the peopleSo regicide doesn't count as violence?

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[1]A contemporary, the incredible poet John Milton, actually wrote a paean to regicide.

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[3]After the Restoration of the English monarchy brought Charles II of England to the throne in 1660, a list of regicides named those to be punished for the execution of his father.

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First given the context of the root of the word "cide", patricide, regicide, matricide, a majority of people still believe that the word predicates physical/biological harm in the form of death.

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The article briefly mentioned your point"Interestingly, the rate of regicide is closely linked to the homicide rate from among the general population, potentially allowing for wider conclusions than simply an analysis of elites"I tend to agree with your comment, any time I read about violence in general populations I immediately think about lead and it's effects on people who are exposed to it and wonder how many other things in our modern environment cause similar effects.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use regicide in a sentence?

Sadly, it's not the "You have selected regicide.

What does regicide mean?

someone who commits regicide; the killer of a king

What part of speech is regicide?

regicide is commonly used as noun.