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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
uxoricide /ʌkˈsɔːrɪsʌɪd/

▶noun the killing of one's wife.

■ a man who kills his wife.

– derivatives
uxoricidal adjective.

– origin C19: from L. uxor ‘wife’ + -cide.

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