Different Types Of Killing

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In the English language, terms for types of killing often end in the suffix -cide

KILLING OF SELF

Suicide, intentionally causing one’s own death

Altruistic suicide, suicide for the benefit of others

Autocide, suicide by automobile collision

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 fire, often as a form of protest

Suicide by cop, acting in a threatening manner so as to provoke a lethal response from law enforcement

KILLING OF OTHER PEOPLE

All of these are considered types of homicide

KILLING OF FAMILY

Avunculicide – the act of killing an uncle (Latin: avunculus “(maternal) uncle”)

Familicide – is a multiple-victim homicide where a killer’s spouse and children are slain (Latin: familia “family”)

Filicide – the act of a parent killing their child (Latin: filius “son” and Latin: filia “daughter”)

Fratricide – the act of killing a brother (Latin: frater “brother”); also, in military context, death by friendly fire

Geronticide – the abandonment of the elderly to die, die by suicide or be killed

Honour killing – the act of murdering a family member perceived to have brought disgrace to the family

Infanticide – the act of killing a child within the first year of their life

Mariticide – the act of killing one’s husband (Latin: maritus “husband”)

Matricide – the act of killing one’s mother (Latin: mater “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 or parenticide – the killing of one’s mother, father, or other close relative

Patricide – the act of killing of one’s father (Latin: pater “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 they have become a burden (Latin: senex “old man”)

Siblicide – the killing of an infant individual by their close relatives (full or half siblings)

Sororicide – the act of killing one’s sister (Latin: soror “sister”)

Uxoricide – the act of killing one’s wife (Latin: uxor “wife”)

KILLING OF OTHERS

Amicicide – the act of killing a friend (Latin: amicus “friend”)

Androcide – the systematic killing of men

Assassination – the act of killing a prominent person for either political, religious, or monetary reasons

Capital punishment – the judicial killing of a human being for crimes

Casualty – death (or injury) in wartime

Collateral damage – Incidental killing of persons during a military attack that were not the object of attack

Democide or populicide – the murder of any person or people by a government

Extrajudicial killing – killing by government forces without due process

Euthanasia or mercy killing – the killing of any being with compassionate reasoning; eg significant injury or disease

Familiaricide in commutatione eius possessio – the act of killing a family for their property and/or possessions (from Latin: familiaris “of a household”; in commutatione eius “in exchange for”; and possessio “a possession or property”)

Femicide, gynecide, gynaecide, or gynocide – the systematic killing of women

Feticide – the killing of an embryo or fetus

Fragging – the act of killing a fellow soldier

Gendercide – the systematic killing of members of a specific sex or gender

Genocide – the systematic extermination of an entire national, racial, religious, or ethnic group

Homicide – the act of killing of a person (Latin: homo “man”)

Justifiable homicide – a defense to culpable homicide (criminal or negligent homicide)

Human sacrifice – the killing of a human for sacrificial, often religious, reasons

Massacre, mass murder or spree killing – the killing of many people

Murder – the malicious and unlawful killing of a human by another human

Manslaughter – murder, but under legally mitigating circumstances

Meretricide – the act of killing a sex worker, oftentimes a female sex worker, but can apply to other genders From latin merēre, meaning “to gain”

Omnicide – the act of killing all humans, to create intentional extinction of the human species (Latin: omni “all, everyone”)

Pedicide – the act of killing children

Senicide or geronticide – the act of killing an elderly person

Targeted killing – a form of assassination which is carried out by governments against their perceived enemies

Xenocide – the genocide of an entire alien species

KILLING OF SUPERIORS

Deicide – killing a god, divine being, or deity

Papicide – killing of a Pope (Ancient Greek: πάππας (páppas) “father”)[1]

Regicide – killing a ruler, a King/Queen (Latin: rex, gen regis “king”)

Tyrannicide – killing a tyrant

Magnicide – killing a major political figure

KILLING OF ANIMALS, DISEASE, AND PESTS

Algaecide – a chemical agent that kills algae

Acaricide – a chemical agent that kills mites

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

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

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

Microbicide – an agent used to kill or reduce the infectiousness of microorganisms

Miticide – a chemical to kill mites

Nemacide (also nematicide, nematocide) – a chemical to eradicate or kill nematodes

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

Rodenticide – an agent that kills rodents (especially rats and mice)

Scabicide – a chemical agent for killing scabies

Spermicide – a contraceptive agent to render sperm inert and prevent fertilization

Teniacide (also taeniacide, tenicide) – a chemical agent that kills tape worms

Theriocide – the act of killing an animal by a human (Ancient Greek: therion “wild animal, beast”)

Vermicide – an agent used to kill parasitic intestinal worms

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

KILLING OF INTANGIBLES OR INANIMATES

Ecocide – the destruction of the natural environment by such activity as war, overexploitation of resources, or pollution

Famacide, defamation, or slander – the killing of another’s reputation

Linguicide – intentionally causing the death of a language

Epistemicide – the systematic extermination of an entire knowledge system or intellectual heritage of a group, society or people

Mundicide – the destruction of a planet (mundus is Latin for “world”)

Urbicide – the destruction of a city or the stifling of urbanisation (urbs is Latin for “city”).

SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA