fratricidal
pronunciation
How to pronounce fratricidal in British English:
UK [ˌfrætrɪ'saɪdl]
How to pronounce fratricidal in American English:
US [ˌfrætrɪ'saɪdl]
Word Origin
- fratricidal (adj.)
- 1804, from fratricide + -al (1).
Example
- 1. They do not want a repetition of fratricidal collectivization and forced industrialization .
- 2. Welcome , too , is the little window the affair opens into the corrupt , fratricidal ways of party politics .
- 3. But if these fears were to be justified , it would reopen one of the darkest chapters in the fratricidal north-south relationship since the 1950-53 korean war .
- 4. Fratricidal effects of nuclear weapons ;
- 5. The war became a prolonged , dismal , fratricidal struggle .