Fratricide is an English word with synonyms like murderer or liquidator. Below you'll find 7 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Fratricide in a sentence
Fratricide meaning
- The killing of one's brother (or sister).
- The intentional or unintentional killing of a comrade in arms.
- The undesirable situation where the separate missiles from a MIRV interfere with each other as they explode.
Synonyms of Fratricide
Using Fratricide
- The main meaning on this page is: The killing of one's brother (or sister). | The intentional or unintentional killing of a comrade in arms. | The undesirable situation where the separate missiles from a MIRV interfere with each other as they explode.
- Useful related words include: murderer, liquidator, manslayer, friendly fire.
Context around Fratricide
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 5 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Fratricide
- In this selection, "fratricide" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, commit, towards, spectrum, aurvandill and enhances stand out and add context to how "fratricide" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include cain s fratricide that is and created spectrum fratricide on the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "fratricide" sits close to words such as aad, aadhar and aaro, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with fratricide
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
For some unexplainable reason, conservatives rush towards fratricide with the same kind of urgency that drives lemmings over the edge of the cliff. (23 words)
Before succumbing to fratricide, Aurvandill names his young son Amleth (Oscar Novak) as his successor, making him an immediate next target for his uncle’s blade. (26 words)
Larys proposes to Aegon in the season finale that he smuggle the king out of King's Landing before Aemond has a chance to commit fratricide. (26 words)
In 1943, Andorra carried out its first execution since the 19th century, that of Antoni Arenis for double fratricide by firing squad (because a trained executioner was unavailable to operate the legal method - Garrote ). (34 words)
It promotes the safe, efficient, and flexible use of airspace, mitigates the risk of fratricide, enhances both offensive and defensive operations, and permits greater agility of air operations as a whole. (31 words)
The result of that, he said, sometimes created spectrum “fratricide” on the battlefield, where blue force use of the spectrum to damage enemy forces also hurt other blue force operators. (30 words)
Example sentences (7)
Before succumbing to fratricide, Aurvandill names his young son Amleth (Oscar Novak) as his successor, making him an immediate next target for his uncle’s blade.
Larys proposes to Aegon in the season finale that he smuggle the king out of King's Landing before Aemond has a chance to commit fratricide.
For some unexplainable reason, conservatives rush towards fratricide with the same kind of urgency that drives lemmings over the edge of the cliff.
The result of that, he said, sometimes created spectrum “fratricide” on the battlefield, where blue force use of the spectrum to damage enemy forces also hurt other blue force operators.
Adam is said to be perfect until he recognizes either his sin or Cain's fratricide that is the cause of bringing death into the world.
In 1943, Andorra carried out its first execution since the 19th century, that of Antoni Arenis for double fratricide by firing squad (because a trained executioner was unavailable to operate the legal method - Garrote ).
It promotes the safe, efficient, and flexible use of airspace, mitigates the risk of fratricide, enhances both offensive and defensive operations, and permits greater agility of air operations as a whole.