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UXORICIDE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The murder of a wife by her husband

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("uxoricide" is a kind of...):

execution; murder; slaying (unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A husband who murders his wife

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("uxoricide" is a kind of...):

hubby; husband; married man (a married man; a woman's partner in marriage)

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