deicide
Americannoun
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a person who kills a god.
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the act of killing a god.
noun
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the act of killing a god
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a person who kills a god
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Etymology
Origin of deicide
1605–15; < New Latin deicīda deicide ( def. 1 ), deicīdium deicide ( def. 2 ), equivalent to Latin dei- (combining form of deus god) + -cīda, -cīdium -cide
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So many bands from our era are still doing it too, like Morbid Angel, Deicide, Obituary and many others who are our peers.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2025
Possessed, Death, Deicide and Morbid Angel are a few of the first bands to fall into the death metal genre.
From Salon • Nov. 26, 2021
Surely the negligence which makes such profanations possible is the offer of opportunity to Deicide, and great carelessness is cousin to condonation.
From Devil-Worship in France or The Question of Lucifer by Waite, Arthur Edward
Deicide, dē′i-sīd, n. the killing of a god: the putting to death of Jesus Christ.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
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