Meaning & use
sororicide
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The killing of one's own sister, or a person who commits this act.
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The ancient tragedy centers on an act of sororicide within the royal family.
The novel's plot twist reveals the murder was a case of sororicide.
A note on using this word
Sororicide is formed from the Latin 'soror' (sister) and '-cide' (killing), paralleling words like 'fratricide' and 'homicide.'
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