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in⋅fan⋅ti⋅cide

  [in-fan-tuh-sahyd]
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–noun
1. the act of killing an infant.
2. the practice of killing newborn infants.
3. a person who kills an infant.
Origin:
1650–60; (def. 1) < LL infanticīdium; (def. 2) < LL infanticīda. See infant, -i-, -cide

Related forms:
in⋅fan⋅ti⋅cid⋅al, adjective
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in·fan·ti·cide   (ĭn-fān'tĭ-sīd')   
n.  

  1. The act of killing an infant.

  2. The practice of killing newborn infants.

  3. One who kills an infant.


[Late Latin īnfanticīdium, the killing of a child and īnfānticīda, killer of a child : Latin īnfāns, īnfant-, infant; see infant + Latin -cīdium and -cīda, -cide.]
in·fan'ti·cid'al (-sīd'l) adj.
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Main Entry: in·fan·ti·cide
Pronunciation: in-'fan-t&-"sId
Function: noun
: the killing of a newly or recently born child
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Main Entry: in·fan·ti·cide
Pronunciation: in-'fant-&-"sId
Function: noun
1 : the killing of an infant
2 : one who kills an infant —in·fan·ti·ci·dal /-"fant-&-'sId-&l/ adjective
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infanticide in·fan·ti·cide (ĭn-fān'tĭ-sīd')
n.

  1. The act of killing an infant.

  2. The practice of killing newborns.

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