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s | fratricide |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun fratricide is

the killing of one's brother (or sister).

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .
  • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.
  • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=··· , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    fratricide

    English

    (fratricide)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The killing of one's brother (or sister).
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  • A person who commits this crime.
  • * 1936 , H. A. L. Fisher, A History of Europe , Edward Arnold Publishers, p.376,
  • The conversion of Russia to Christianity was effected, it would seem by a monster of cruelty and lust. That Vladimir (980–1015) was a fratricide , who maintained 3,500 concubines, has not prevented his canonization as a saint.
  • (military, by extension) The intentional or unintentional killing of a comrade in arms.
  • * 1999 , Richard M. Swain, Lucky War: Third Army in Desert Storm , DIANE Publishing, page 180,
  • From January on, Third Army also spent a good deal of energy trying to solve the problem of fratricide , the killing or injuring of one's own forces by what is ironically called 'friendly fire,'...

    Derived terms

    * fratricidal