Definitions for feticide

feticide fe·ti·cide

Spelling: [fee-tuh-sahyd]
IPA: /ˈfi təˌsaɪd/

Feticide is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 128 anagrams from letters in feticide (cdeefiit).

Definitions for feticide

noun

  1. the act of destroying a fetus or causing an abortion.

Origin of feticide

First recorded in 1835-45; fet(us) + -i- + -cide

Examples for feticide

feticide laws are used “as a legal basis to deprive women of their personhood,” she said.

feticide carries an 8- to 20-year prison sentence under Indiana law.

She becomes the second woman to recently be charged with “feticide” in Indiana.

Word Value for feticide
Scrable

14

Words with friends

15

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