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  2. Avunculicide - Wikipedia

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    Avunculicide is the act of killing an uncle. [1] The word can also refer to someone who commits such an act. The term is derived from the Latin words avunculus meaning "maternal uncle" and caedere meaning "to cut down" or "to kill". Edmunds suggests that in mythology avunculicide is a substitute for parricide. [2] The killing of a nephew is a ...

  3. List of types of killing - Wikipedia

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    Avunculicide – the act of killing an uncle (Latin: avunculus "(maternal) uncle"). Familicide – is a multiple-victim homicide where a killer's spouse and children are slain (Latin: familia "family"). Filicide – the act of a parent killing their child (Latin: filius "son" and Latin: filia "daughter").

  4. List of typographical symbols and punctuation marks - Wikipedia

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    The third gives symbols listed elsewhere in the table that are similar to it in meaning or appearance, or that may be confused with it; The fourth (if present) links to the related article(s) or adds a clarification note.

  5. List of Latin words with English derivatives - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Latin words with derivatives in English language. Ancient orthography did not distinguish between i and j or between u and v. [1] Many modern works distinguish u from v but not i from j. In this article, both distinctions are shown as they are helpful when tracing the origin of English words. See also Latin phonology and ...

  6. Avunculate - Wikipedia

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    The term avunculate comes from the Latin avunculus, the maternal uncle.. The 1989 Oxford English Dictionary defines "avunculate" as follows: "Avunculate. The special relationship existing in some societies between a maternal uncle and his sister's son; maternal uncles regarded as a collective body.

  7. Consensual homicide - Wikipedia

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    The most common form of consensual homicide is assisted suicide, most commonly as euthanasia, in which terminally ill people seek assistance from their physicians (or family members) to alleviate their suffering by ending their lives.

  8. Neonaticide - Wikipedia

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    Neonaticide is the deliberate act of a parent murdering their own child during the first 24 hours of life. [1] [2] As a noun, the word "neonaticide" may also refer to anyone who practices or who has practiced this.

  9. Uxoricide - Wikipedia

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    Uxoricide (from Latin uxor meaning "wife" and -cide, from caedere meaning "to cut, to kill") is the killing of one's own wife. It can also be used in the context of the killing of one's own girlfriend. It can refer to the act itself or the person who carries it out. Conversely, the killing of a husband or boyfriend is called mariticide.