matricide
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noun
- The killing of one's mother.“Gerald was imprisoned for matricide: he strangled his mother.”
- A person who kills his or her mother.“Nancy was a matricide; it happened four years ago.”
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parenticidemagistricidefilicidesororicidemurdercidefamilicidepedicideregicidemulticidefratricidemalicideparricidegynecidesenicideviricidemonkeycide