noun [U]
1 (formal) the crime of killing your brother or sister; a person who is guilty of this crime
compareMATRICIDE, PARRICIDE, PATRICIDE
2 the crime of killing people of your own country or group; a person who is guilty of this crime
fratricidal adjective:
to be engaged in a fratricidal struggle
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