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Recent Examples of filicide
One study of maternal filicide observed that, whereas psychotic mothers often acted suddenly, depressed mothers tended to contemplate killing their children for days or weeks before acting.
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Eren Orbey, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
Each was a tragedy, but maternal filicide falls low on the register of reasons for infant death.
—Maria Laurino, The New Republic, 29 June 2023
In Massachusetts, a horrific case of filicide has reawakened difficult talks about postpartum mood and anxiety disorders, which are known to be under-diagnosed and under-treated in women who recently gave birth.
—Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2023
Podcasters, reporters and TV producers rushed to South Carolina to tell a Shakespearean story of filicide, anchored by a main character whose button-down shirts seem to cover a terrifying moral void.
—Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2023
Supplementary Homicide Reports in 2014 to determine that filicide – a parent’s act of killing his or her child or children – occurs on average 500 times per year in the United States.
—Fox News, 21 Oct. 2022
Crimes of the Future Rated R for filicide, surgeries and power-drill violence.
—New York Times, 2 June 2022
But most filicides are considered altruistic killing.
—Bree Burkitt, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2020
Oberman, who wrote two books on the subject of filicide, said many of the women who commit those murders are often isolated in their motherhood and have mental health issues or previous trauma.
—Bree Burkitt, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2020
Eren Orbey, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
Each was a tragedy, but maternal filicide falls low on the register of reasons for infant death.
—Maria Laurino, The New Republic, 29 June 2023
In Massachusetts, a horrific case of filicide has reawakened difficult talks about postpartum mood and anxiety disorders, which are known to be under-diagnosed and under-treated in women who recently gave birth.
—Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2023
Podcasters, reporters and TV producers rushed to South Carolina to tell a Shakespearean story of filicide, anchored by a main character whose button-down shirts seem to cover a terrifying moral void.
—Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2023
Supplementary Homicide Reports in 2014 to determine that filicide – a parent’s act of killing his or her child or children – occurs on average 500 times per year in the United States.
—Fox News, 21 Oct. 2022
Crimes of the Future Rated R for filicide, surgeries and power-drill violence.
—New York Times, 2 June 2022
But most filicides are considered altruistic killing.
—Bree Burkitt, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2020
Oberman, who wrote two books on the subject of filicide, said many of the women who commit those murders are often isolated in their motherhood and have mental health issues or previous trauma.
—Bree Burkitt, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for filicide
Noun
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Easily the nation’s most notable parolee, Gypsy Rose Blanchard, 32, was released Dec. 28 having served eight years of her 10-year sentence for matricide.—
Stephen Schaefer,
Boston Herald,
13 Jan. 2024
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However, Daniel's hold over Luke proves to be strong, and almost leads him to commit matricide.—
Amy Mackelden,
Harper's BAZAAR,
24 Sep. 2022
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Macron’s ascent to the presidency began, like a certain Greek tragedy, with parricide.—
Arthur Goldhammer,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Dec. 2018
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Everything seems to be pointing toward parricide, but the future is no simpler than the past.—
Adam Shatz,
The New York Review of Books,
2 Jan. 2020
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But Dwight picks the fight by almost immediately accusing Chickie of patricide, which happens to be true but won’t win you any brownie points, for sure.—
Sean T. Collins,
Vulture,
17 Nov. 2024
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The movie includes intense domestic abuse (verbal, physical and emotional), gun violence, death and descriptions of patricide.—
Common Sense Media,
Washington Post,
19 July 2024
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The fratricide overshadowed Caracalla’s achievements, including the passage of an edict granting all free men in the Roman Empire citizenship and the construction of a luxurious public bath complex that bore the emperor’s name.—
Meilan Solly,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 Nov. 2024
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This can particularly be a problem when aircraft are supporting ground troops in combat, a sometimes confusing situation where mistakes can lead to fratricide.—
Paul Scharre,
Foreign Affairs,
15 Feb. 2018
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The raw power grab that excites Lady Macbeth and incites her husband to regicide feels especially pertinent now, when the dangers of autocracy loom over political discussions.—
Peter Marks,
Washington Post,
28 Mar. 2024
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Those Tories by the way have a particular penchant for political regicide before voters get the chance.—
Stephen Collinson,
CNN,
19 Jan. 2023
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Among the editions that helped The Observer earn a top-10 designation were cover stories on the 40th anniversary of the Sweet 16, on the 25th anniversary of the Rae Carruth murder trial, on Johnson C. Smith football, and a feature package on National Girls and Women in Sports Day.—
Observer staff report,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Mar. 2025
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This comes as police killings have also long raised concerns from the public, most notably leading to massive Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests in 2020 following the death of George Floyd by Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer who was convicted of his murder.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
2 Mar. 2025
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Officer Anthony Gamble, a department spokesperson, said that victim was in critical condition and that homicide detectives were investigating the scene.—
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacramento Bee,
2 Mar. 2025
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The man was accused of strangling his 61-year-old victim and hitting the man’s head against the ground near a gas station on Washington Street near Fourth Avenue shortly before 5 p.m., San Diego homicide Lt. Lou Maggi said in a news release.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Mar. 2025
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“Filicide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/filicide. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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