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TYRANNICIDE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tyrannicide mean?
• TYRANNICIDE (noun)
The noun TYRANNICIDE has 1 sense:
1. killing a tyrant
Familiarity information: TYRANNICIDE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Killing a tyrant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("tyrannicide" is a kind of...):
execution; murder; slaying (unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being)
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