Definitions for femicide

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femicide fem·i·cide

Spelling: [fem-uh-sahyd]

IPA: /ˈfɛm əˌsaɪd/

Femicide is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 123 anagrams from letters in femicide (cdeefiim).

Definitions for femicide

noun

1. the act of killing a woman, as by a domestic partner or a member of a criminal enterprise:
2. the deliberate, wanton violation and massacre of women and girls, as in a particular ethnic group by an invading army. Compare genocide.
3. a person who kills a woman:

Origin of femicide

First recorded in 1820-30; feme + -i- + -cide

Examples for femicide

Cases of “femicide” in Italy have been growing steadily in the last several years.

In almost every femicide case in recent months, the women were trying to leave their relationship.