femicide
noun
fem·i·cide
ˈfe-mə-ˌsīd 
plural femicides
: the gender-based murder of a woman or girl by a man
There have been calls for a "national shutdown" to protest femicide in South Africa.—
Africa Check
Africa Check… speaks to a generation of young people fed up with femicides, sexual assault, and the ever more pervasive violence in Mexico.—Cody Copeland
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Tima and Guerrier both said that often the assumption in cases of abuse and femicide is that the woman provoked the man.
—Miami Herald, 16 May 2026
At the 12th-century church, the new iteration of Elegy mourning Palestine occupies five channels, while previous editions mourning the femicide and the Namibian genocide take up one and two, respectively.
—Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 12 May 2026
Domestic violence homicide is one of the leading causes of homicide of women, accounting for 30% to 40% of femicides; the majority were killed with firearms.
—Earl Smith, Time, 5 May 2026
So far in 2026, Guanajuato leads the national registry of violent deaths with 413 victims of intentional homicides and five of femicide.
—Uriel Blanco, CNN Money, 25 Apr. 2026
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Miami Herald, 16 May 2026
At the 12th-century church, the new iteration of Elegy mourning Palestine occupies five channels, while previous editions mourning the femicide and the Namibian genocide take up one and two, respectively.
—Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 12 May 2026
Domestic violence homicide is one of the leading causes of homicide of women, accounting for 30% to 40% of femicides; the majority were killed with firearms.
—Earl Smith, Time, 5 May 2026
So far in 2026, Guanajuato leads the national registry of violent deaths with 413 victims of intentional homicides and five of femicide.
—Uriel Blanco, CNN Money, 25 Apr. 2026
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“Femicide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/femicide. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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