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Infanticidal

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in·fan·ti·cide  (n-fnt-sd)
n.
1. The act of killing an infant.
2. The practice of killing newborn infants.
3. One who kills an infant.
[Late Latin nfanticdium, the killing of a child and nfnticda, killer of a child : Latin nfns, nfant-, infant; see infant + Latin -cdium and -cda, -cide.]
in·fanti·cidal (-sdl) adj.


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