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baby-killer

baby-killer

11 9.9
An insulting name for a person who kills or is accused of killing babies
  • noun
  • /ˈbeɪbiˌkɪlər/
  • Offensive
translation icon : asesino de bebés
  • Some communists still claim the baby killer was a hero.

I can't be round these kind of people like child molesters, baby killers.

Examples

  • I don't want to be no baby killer.

  • But they do not want to be associated with baby killers.

    Academic text (2000)
  • -Folks called us baby killers.

  • But, finally, they could not vote for a "baby-killer."

    Academic text (2004)
  • Otherwise, you are a baby killer too by proxy.

    Blog text (12)
  • Alan Yurko is a baby killer, pure and simple.

    Blog text (19)
  • Be open-minded; do not go in thinking that "US troops are baby-killers," which I have heard some journalists say.

    Blog text (33)
  • Most liberals think that we conservatives are hard-hearted baby killers.

    Blog text (31)
  • The veteran, formerly calumniated as a baby killer, is restored through new rites of passage.

    Academic text (1990)
  • That politician was labeled a baby killer after supporting controversial war policies.

Synonyms

killer
vsbaby-killer
  • NSFW
1.9

A person or animal that makes another living thing die on purpose

is an insulting label that targets cases involving child deaths specifically
murderer
vsbaby-killer
  • NSFW
946 3.4

A person who illegally kills another person on purpose

is an insulting label focusing on child victims rather than legal status
butcher
vsbaby-killer
  • NSFW
31 8.6

A person who kills people in a cruel way

is an insulting label used specifically for alleged child killing rather than general brutality
infanticide
vsbaby-killer
  • Offensive
3 9.9

A person who kills a baby

is an insulting label often used to accuse or shame such people

How Violent

baby-killer
  • Offensive
11 9.9
killer
  • NSFW
1.9
criminal
2.1
offender
304 3.5

Surface Forms

baby-killer singular
baby-killers plural

Morphology

baby-killer = baby + killer (transparent) = baby + kill + er

A straightforward compound of 'baby' + 'killer' where the components and agentive meaning are productive and easily understood.

Etymology

Baby-killer is simply the English words baby ('an infant') and killer ('one who kills') put together, so the image is a direct label accusing someone of killing children. It is an offensive insult often used to say someone killed or is accused of killing babies.