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Definition of Fratricides
1. fratricide [n] - See also: fratricide
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fratricides
Literary usage of Fratricides
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Who Goes TherePolitical Science (2004)
"The NTC data may underestimate some fratricides. For example, if the lasers cannot
penetrate through dust, then no kill is recorded even though a tank round ..."
2. A Critical Examination of Irish History: Being a Replacement of the False by by Thomas Dunbar Ingram (1904)
"One remarkable circumstance, brought out by a study of the Irish annals, is the
great number of fratricides among these chiefs. ..."
3. The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion by James George Frazer (1900)
"... grew on the grave of the fratricides Eteocles and Polynices at Thebes.1'
Similar stories are told far away from the classic lands of Italy and Greece. ..."