Familicide

Origin

family + -cide

Full definition of familicide

Noun

1. The murder of an entire family by a family member.Because of the familicide that wiped out his entire family, he will be charged with six counts of murder.
2. The murder of an entire family by a family member, followed by suicide.His spree of familicide ended only after he killed the family dog, and then himself.
3. The person who perpetrates a familicide.The popular professional wrestler became the most notorious familicide of 2007.

Derived terms

• familicidal