Fratricide

noun

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.nounThe killing of one's brother (or sister).

2.nounA person who commits this crime.

3.noun(by extension) The intentional or unintentional killing of a comrade in arms.

4.noun(by extension) The undesirable situation where the separate missiles from a MIRV interfere with each other as they explode.

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