So let us teach ourselves some important English words that you probably have not encountered.

Below are a list of words used to describe kinds of killing i.e. Murder.

SUICIDE (intentional killing of self). The various kinds are:

Autocide – suicide by automobile.
Medicide – a suicide accomplished with the aid of a physician
Murder-suicide - a suicide committed immediately after one or more murders
Self-immolation – suicide by setting oneself on fire, a form of extreme protest.
Suicide by cop – acting in a threatening manner so as to provoke a lethal response from law enforcement.

KILLING OF FAMILY

Avunculicide - the act of killing an uncle.
Familicide - is a multiple-victim homicide where a killer's spouse and children are slain.("Familia" being Latin for family)
Filicide – the act of a parent killing his or her son or daughter. ("Filius" being Latin for son)
Fratricide – the act of killing a brother, also in military context death by friendly fire. ("Frater" being Latin for brother)
Geronticide – the abandonment of the elderly to die, commit suicide or be killed. See also Senicide.
Honour killing – the act of killing a family member who has or was perceived to have brought disgrace to the family.
Infanticide – the act of killing a child within the first year of its life.
Mariticide - the act of killing one's spouse.
Matricide – the act of killing one's mother. ("Mater" being Latin for mother)
Neonaticide - the act of killing an infant within the first twenty-four hours or month (varies by individual and jurisdiction) of its life.
Nepoticide - the act of killing one's nephew
Parricide – (also parenticide) the killing of one's mother or father or other close relative.
Patricide – the act of killing of one's father. ("Pater" being Latin for father)
Prolicide – the act of killing one's own children.
Senicide – the killing of one's elderly family members when they can no longer work or become a burden. ("Senex" being Latin for old man)
Sororicide – the act of killing one's sister.
Uxoricide – the act of killing one's wife ("Uxor" being Latin for wife)

KILLING OF OTHERS

Amicicide – the act of killing a friend. ("Amicus" being Latin for friend)
Androcide - the systematic killing of men.
Capital punishment – the judicial killing of a human being for odious crimes.
Democide - the murder of any person or people by a government.
Ecocide - the destruction of the natural environment by such activity as war, overexploitation of resources, or pollution.
Euthanasia (also mercy killing) – the killing of any being for compassionate reasons, e.g., significant injury or disease.
Femicide (also gynecide, gynaecide, or gynocide) – the systematic killing of women.
Feticide - the act of killing a fetus.
Gendercide - the systematic killing of members of a specific sex, either males or females.
Genocide – the systematic extermination of an entire national, racial, religious, or ethnic group.
Homicide – the act of killing of a person. ("Homo" being Latin for man)
Human sacrifice – the killing of a human for sacrificial, often religious, reasons.
Murder - the malicious and unlawful killing of a human by another human.
Omnicide – the act of killing all humans, to create intentional extinction of the human species. ("Omni" meaning all)
Paedocide - the act of killing a child or children.
Populicide – the slaughter of the people.
Xenocide - The genocide of an entire alien species. Often used in science fiction, one famous example being the novel "Xenocide" by Orson Scott Card.
Polyencide - The act of many people killing one person.

KILLING OF SUPERIORS

Deicide – the act of killing a god or divine being
Dominicide – the act of killing one's master. (Latin: dominus means "master"
Episcopicide – the act of killing a bishop.[1]
Giganticide – the act of killing a giant.
Papicide - the act of killing the Pope.
Regicide – the act of killing a king (Latin: rex, Gen. regis means "king"
Tyrannicide – the act of killing a tyrant (We should attempt to encourage Osun people to commit this...the goatie-Governor is a tyrant)
Vaticide – the act of killing a prophet.

KILLING OF INTANGIBLES

Chronocide – the killing or wasting of time
Famacide – the killing of another's reputation, a slander. (Madam KOO should go to jail for this)
Liberticide – the destruction of liberties.
Urbicide – the destruction of a city or the stifling of an urbanisation. ("Urbs" being Latin for city)
Linguicide – intentionally causing the death of a language (so many Nairalanders are guilty of this one)

KILLING OF ANIMALS, DISEASES AND PESTS

Algaecide – a chemical agent that kills algae
Acaricide – a chemical agent that kills mites.
Ariecide – the killing of a ram
Avicide – a chemical agent that kills birds
Bactericide – a chemical agent that kills bacteria.
Biocide - a chemical agent that kills a broad spectrum of living organisms.
Canicide - the killing of dogs. ("Canis" being Latin for dog) (Calabar People...you are all going to be guilty of this)
Cervicide – the killing of deer.
Ceticide – the killing of whales.
Culicide – a chemical agent that kills mosquitos.
Felicide – the killing of cats
Fungicide - chemical agents or biological organisms used to kill or inhibit fungi or fungal spores.
Germicide - an agent that kills germs, especially pathogenic microorganisms; a disinfectant
Gonocide (also gonococcicide) – an agent that kills the bacterium causing gonorrhea
Herbicide - an agent that kills unwanted plants, a weed killer.
Insecticide – an agent that kills unwanted insects.
Larvicide (also larvacide) - an insecticide targeted against the larval life stage of an insect.
Lupicide – The killing of wolves.
Microbicide – an agent used to kill or reduce the infectiousness of microorganisms.
Muscicide – an agent that kills flies.
Nemacide (also nematicide, nematocide) – a chemical to eradicate or kill nematodes.
Ovacide – an agent that kills eggs of an organism particular a pest i.e. lice eggs.
Parasiticide – a general term to describe an agent used to destroy parasites.
Pediculicide – an agent that kills head lice.
Pesticide – a general term to describe an agent used to destroy or repel a pest (Soole lasan...my Ajegunle boys can relate)
Pulicicide (also pulicide) – an agent that kills fleas.
Raticide – an agent for killing rats.
Scabicide – a chemical agent for killing scabies.
Spermicide – a contraceptive agent to render sperm inert and prevent fertilization (Maybe we should mention Andrews Liver Salt here....my Enugu girls, how far?)
Tauricide – the killing of bulls or steers.
Teniacide (also taeniacide, tenicide)– a chemical agent that kills tape worms.
Vermicide - an agent used to kill parasitic intestinal worms.
Vespacide – a chemical agent that kills wasps.
Virucide (also viricide) - an agent capable of destroying or inhibiting viruses.
Vulpicide (also vulpecide)- the killing of a fox by methods other than by hunting it with hounds.

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