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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
matricide /ˈmatrɪsʌɪd, ˈmeɪtrɪ-/

▶noun the killing of one's mother.

■ a person who kills their mother.

– derivatives
matricidal adjective.

– origin C16: from L. matricidium, from mater, matr- ‘mother’ + -cidium (see -cide).

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