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Parricide refers to the deliberate killing of one's own father and mother, spouse (husband or wife), children, and/or close relative. However, the term is sometimes used more generally to refer to the intentional killing of a near relative. [ 1] It is an umbrella term that can be used to refer to acts of matricide and patricide .
Widow. A widow (female) or widower (male) is a person whose spouse has died and has usually not remarried. The state of having lost one's spouse to death is termed widowhood. [ 1] An archaic term for a widow is " relict ," [ 2] literally "someone left over". This word can sometimes be found on older gravestones.
Elizabeth (known as Eliza) Lucas was born on December 28, 1722, on the island of Antigua, in the colony of the British Leeward Islands in the Caribbean. Lucas grew up on Poorest, one of her family's three sugarcane plantations on the island. She was the eldest child of Lieutenant Colonel George Lucas, of Dalzell's Regiment of Foot in the ...
Killing of self. Suicide, intentionally causing one's own death. Altruistic suicide, suicide for the benefit of others. Autocide, suicide by automobile collision. Medicide, a suicide accomplished with the aid of a physician. Murder-suicide, a suicide committed immediately after one or more murders.
Damian Rzeszowski stabbed to death his wife, his two small children, his father-in-law, his neighbor, and the neighbor's child. [31] Sentenced to 30 years in prison, died in custody on 31 March 2018. [32] Powell murders, December 6, 2009, West Valley City, Utah, and February 5, 2012, South Hill, Washington. Joshua Powell murdered his sons ...
Brittany Miller. August 10, 2024 at 10:14 AM. Husband leaves vacation early after mother-in-law uses his toothpaste - and the internet has a strong reaction. (Getty Images) A man has detailed how ...
Her mother resented her loss of status and relative poverty and focused on arranging prestigious marriages for her children. [20] She visited Versailles twice to negotiate a match for Isabella, between August 1752 and October 1753, [21] then in the summer of 1757, when she died. Both times, she left her husband and children in Parma. [20] [22]
Murders father Formal Pay the ultimate price [1] To die for a cause or principle Neutral Similar to "To make the ultimate sacrifice" Peg out [1] To die Slang: British. Also means 'to stop working' Peppered To be shot to death Slang Usually refers to being shot multiple times (i.e. peppered with bullet holes). Perish Synonym for death (neutral)