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UXORICIDE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does uxoricide mean?
• UXORICIDE (noun)
The noun UXORICIDE has 2 senses:
1. a husband who murders his wife
2. the murder of a wife by her husband
Familiarity information: UXORICIDE used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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)
Sense 2
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)
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