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  • 21Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion — Infobox Painting| title=Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion artist=Francis Bacon year=1944 type=Oil and pastel on Sundeala board height=94 width=74 height inch=37 width inch =29 museum=Tate Britain, London Three Studies for… …

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  • 22parricide — 1. The killing of one s parent (patricide or matricide). 2. One who commits such an act. [L. parricidium, killing of close kin] …

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  • 23parricide — n. Patricide or matricide …

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  • 24Mariticide — Not to be confused with Matricide. Homicide …

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  • 25Avunculicide — Homicide Murde …

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  • 26murder — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. homicide, manslaughter. See killing. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. killing, homicide, unlawful homicide, death, destruction, annihilation, carnage, putting an end to, slaying, shooting, knifing,… …

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  • 27-cide — ♦ Élément, du lat. cædere « tuer » : coricide, fratricide, génocide, homicide, insecticide, parricide, régicide, suicide. cide élément, du lat. caedes, caedis, action d abattre, meurtre . ⇒ CIDE, suff. Suff. issu du verbe lat. caedere dont il… …

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  • 28Fratricide — (from the Latin word frater , meaning: brother and cide meaning to kill) is the act of a person killing his or her brother.Related concepts are sororicide (the killing of one s sister), child murder (the killing of an unrelated child),… …

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  • 29killing — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Act of one that kills Nouns 1. killing, homicide, manslaughter, murder, assassination, murder most foul; bloodshed, bloodletting, slaughter, carnage, butchery, extermination, decimation, annihilation,… …

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  • 30parricide — par|ri|cide [ˈpærısaıd] n [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: parricidium, from parri relative + cidium ( CIDE)] [U] formal the crime of killing your father, mother, or any other close relative →↑matricide, patricide ↑patricide …

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