regicide
/ˈredʒɪsaɪd/noun
उच्चारण रेजिसाइड
राजहत्या; राजा का हत्यारा
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the crime of killing a king or queen; a person who does this
राजहत्या; राजा का हत्यारा
- Macbeth commits regicide to seize the throne.
- In the play, the regicide haunts the new king.
- Historians still debate the regicide that changed the country's history.
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- The play ends with the new ruler tormented by guilt over the regicide.
⌂Word origin and word building
Rex/reg- means king, as in regal and regime.
Reg- का अर्थ राजा है, जैसे regal और regime में।
Keep it with the -cide family: homicide, patricide, fratricide, infanticide, genocide.
-cide परिवार के साथ याद रखिए: homicide, patricide, fratricide, infanticide, genocide।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
The murder of a king.
'राजा की हत्या' के लिए यह शब्द आता है।