fratricidal
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9.3
- adjective
- /ˌfrætrɪˈsaɪdəl/
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fratricida
- After years of fratricidal violence, the once-united group found it hard to reconcile their differences.
- fratricidal war
He certainly portrays them as fratricidal.
- He certainly portrays them as fratricidal.
Examples
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"When I gave you Islam as religion, the old fratricidal discord was buried, and you became brothers in your hearts."
Academic text (2015) -
Hamlet Garcia is overwhelmed not by the task of avenging a fratricide against his father, but by the task of coming to terms with a fratricidal war.
Academic text (2018) -
As if the fratricidal effects of this system were not enough, parties are also allowed to register up to three times as many candidates as the number of seats available.
Academic text (1991) -
Ottoman succession practices often resulted in periods of civil war and fratricidal competition among heirs.
Academic text (1990) -
Despite a legacy of dire poverty, colonial exploitation, and fratricidal war, South Korea is now an industrial powerhouse.
Academic text (2018) -
For many Indian freedom fighters, this fratricidal horror and the division of the country represented a devastating emotional and psychological blow, the antithesis of the ideals for which they had struggled and suffered.
Academic text (2004) -
Cabarrus, the portraitist, who used the empathy between sitter and artist to make her jailors into her allies, is an emissary of reconciliation after a fratricidal conflict that called into question the very unity of the French nation.
Academic text (2011) -
Parliament and the government, through their sustained policies, views, and actions, have driven our country into anarchy, fratricidal strife, and social and economic unrest; made the public lose all hope of reaching a level of contemporary civilization, a goal set by Ataturk; failed to realize the reforms stipulated by the 1961 Constitution; and placed the future of the Turkish Republic in grave danger.
Academic text (2000) -
The country was torn apart by a fratricidal conflict that pitted brothers against brothers.
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Their fratricidal rivalry led to a series of violent incidents that devastated the entire family.
Synonyms
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9.9
A fight within a group that harms everyone involved
How Violent
Surface Forms
Morphology
fratricidal = fratricide (semi-transparent) = fratri + cide + al
The adjective is regularly formed from the noun 'fratricide' with -al, but the base noun is a learned classical term that is not fully transparent for average learners.
Etymology
The word fratricidal comes from an old Latin word frater meaning 'brother' and the part -cide meaning 'killing', the same -cide you see in suicide and homicide. So fratricidal describes fights or killing among people who are like brothers, such as family members, groups, or even nations.