Infanticide

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act of killing an infant.
  • n. The practice of killing newborn infants.
  • n. One who kills an infant.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The murder of an infant.
  • n. The murder of a child by a parent; filicide.
  • n. The murderer of a child: a person who has committed infanticide.
  • n. The killing of a young, immature animal by a mature adult of the same species.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The murder of an infant born alive; the murder or killing of a newly born or young child; child murder.
  • n. One who commits the crime of infanticide; one who kills an infant.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One who kills an infant.
  • n. The killing of an infant; specifically, the destruction of a child, whether newly born, in the course of parturition, or still in utero; child-murder.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. murdering an infant
  • n. a person who murders an infant
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    murder    execution    slaying    manslayer    liquidator   
    Cross Reference
    genocide    patricide    homicide    regicide    matricide   
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    polygamy    cannibalism    euthanasia    parricide    bigamy   
     
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