patricide
/ˈpætrɪsaɪd/noun
उच्चारण पैट्रिसाइड
पितृहत्या; पिता का हत्यारा
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the crime of killing your father; a person who does this
पितृहत्या; पिता का हत्यारा
- The play ends with the prince's patricide.
- The king's patricide is the central crime in the old tragedy.
- Patricide is the subject of several ancient Greek plays.
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- The students discussed the theme of patricide in the tragedy.
- In the legend, the hero commits patricide without knowing who his victim is.
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One-word substitution
The killing of one's father.
'अपने पिता की हत्या' के लिए यह शब्द आता है।
Notes
Pair it with matricide (mother), fratricide (brother), sororicide (sister), regicide (king), infanticide (infant).
इसके साथ matricide (माता), fratricide (भाई), sororicide (बहन), regicide (राजा), infanticide (शिशु) याद रखिए।