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Patricidal

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pat·ri·cide  (ptr-sd)
n.
1. The act of murdering one's father.
2. One who murders one's father.
[Late Latin patricdium and patricda : Latin patri-, patri- + -cdium, -cda, -cide.]
patri·cidal (ptr-sdl) adj.
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