tyrannicide
Americannoun
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the act of killing a tyrant.
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a person who kills a tyrant.
noun
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the killing of a tyrant
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a person who kills a tyrant
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of tyrannicide
First recorded in 1640–50; tyrannicide def. 1 from Latin tyrrannicīdium; tyrannicide def. 2 from tyrannicīda; see tyrant, -i- ( def. ), -cide ( def. )
Example Sentences
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That last characteristic proved central to early-modern debates about tyrannicide.
From Salon ● May 17, 2020
Statues of Judith, the tyrannicide, and of David, the liberator of his country, adorned the squares and loggie of Florence.
From Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots by John Addington Symonds
Upon whom should the poems, a medley of tyrannicide and revolutionary raving, be fathered?
From Percy Bysshe Shelley by John Addington Symonds
I said that he had explained the decrees away by declaring that he meant no defence of persecution and tyrannicide.
From Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron Acton
A medal in honor of Lorenzino's tyrannicide was struck with a profile copied from Michael Angelo's bust of Brutus.
From Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots by John Addington Symonds
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