regicide
Americannoun
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the killing of a king.
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a person who kills a king or is responsible for his death, especially one of the judges who condemned Charles I of England to death.
noun
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the killing of a king
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a person who kills a king
Other Word Forms
- regicidal adjective
Etymology
Origin of regicide
Example Sentences
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They predict confidently, the party "doesn't want regicide or disruption, they just want us to do well".
From BBC • Sep. 27, 2025
When Macbeth’s qualms about committing regicide get the better of him, she reprimands him mercifully.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2024
Unsurprisingly, it was the redesigned M2 MacBook Air to commit this regicide.
From The Verge • Jul. 25, 2022
And while talk of regicide is easy, there are no reports of a deluge of letters of no confidence flooding in.
From Washington Post • Dec. 17, 2021
“I am an attainted traitor, a regicide, and kinslayer.”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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