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deicide

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de⋅i⋅cide

[dee-uh-sahyd]
–noun
1. a person who kills a god.
2. the act of killing a god.

Origin:
1605–15; < NL deicīda (def. 1), deicīdium (def. 2), equiv. to L dei- (comb. form of deus god) + -cīda, -cīdium -cide


de⋅i⋅cid⋅al, adjective
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