matricide
noun
the act of killing one's mother.
matricidal
-
a word derived from
matricide.
Example Sentences
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Michael adores his sons and daughter, but — in classic Disney matricidal fashion — his wife has recently died, and he’s in mourning.
From New York Times ● Dec. 18, 2018
And when they transferred the unmutated gene to the matricidal worms, they reverted to egg-laying, Braendle reported.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 28, 2018
The change in strategy must be adaptive—allowing more offspring to survive—because Braendle's team keeps finding other matricidal wild strains.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 28, 2018
In the matricidal strain, a single base change in the gene alters the ion channel.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 28, 2018
Victory in such a matricidal strife would be as fatal to the first-born of liberty as defeat.
From Cavour by Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco
