Wiki: List of types of killing

In the English language, terms for types of killing often end in the suffix -cide.

Altruistic suicide, a suicide for the benefit of others
Medicide, a suicide accomplished with the aid of a physician
Murder-suicide, a suicide committed immediately after one or more murders
Self-immolation, a suicide by fire, often as a form of protest
Suicide by cop, acting in a threatening manner so as to provoke a lethal response from law enforcement
Vehicular suicide, a suicide by a motor vehicle

All of these are considered types of homicide.

Amiticide, the killing of an aunt ( "(paternal) aunt")
Avunculicide, the killing of an uncle ( "(maternal) uncle")
Familicide, the killing of a spouse and children ( "family")
Filicide or prolicide, the killing of one's own child ( "son" and "daughter").
Fratricide, the killing a brother ( "brother")
Honour killing, the killing of a family member perceived to have brought disgrace to the family
Mariticide, the killing of one's husband ( "husband")
Matricide, the killing of one's mother ( "mother")
Amiticide, the killing of one's niece
Nepoticide, the killing of one's nephew
Parricide or parenticide, the killing of one's mother, father, or other close relative
Patricide, the killing of one's father ( "father")
Senicide, the killing of one's elderly family members ( "old man")
Siblicide, the killing of a sibling
Sororicide, the killing of one's sister ( "sister")
Uxoricide, the killing of one's wife ( "wife")

Infanticide, the killing a child within the first year of their life
Neonaticide, the killing an infant within the first 24 hours or month (varies by individual and jurisdiction) of their life
Child murder, the killing of children

Capital punishment, the judicial killing of a criminal
Democide or populicide, the killing of people by a government
Extrajudicial killing, the killing of people by a government without due process
Targeted killing, a form of assassination by a government against their perceived enemy

Assassination, the killing a prominent person for political, religious, or monetary reasons
Eliticide, the killing of the elites of a population
Papicide, the killing of a pope (Ancient Greek: πάππας ( páppas) "father" Papicide is used to describe Lord Matteo of Milan's charge of the attempted assassination of Pope John XXII
Regicide, the killing of a monarch or sovereign, a king/queen ( genitive case regis "king")
Tyrannicide, the killing of a tyrant
Magnicide, the killing of a major political figure

Casualty, death (or injury) in wartime
Collateral damage or friendly fire, the unintentional killing of persons during a military attack who were not the target
Decimation, in ancient Rome, a form of military discipline in which every tenth man in a group was executed by members of his cohort
Fragging, the deliberate killing of a fellow soldier
Fratricide, the accidental killing of a fellow soldier

Amicicide, the killing of a friend ( "friend")
Androcide, the systematic killing of men
Contract killing, a form of murder or assassination in which a party is hired to kill a person or people
Euthanasia or mercy killing, killing for compassionate reasons; e.g., significant injury or disease
Familiaricide in commutatione eius possessio, the act of killing a family for their property and/or possessions (from "of a household"; in commutatione eius "in exchange for"; and possessio "a possession or property")
Femicide, gynecide, gynaecide, or gynocide, the systematic killing of women
Gendercide, the systematic killing of members of a specific sex or gender
Geronticide, the killing of the elderly
Genocide, the systematic extermination of an entire national, racial, religious, or ethnic group
Homicide, the killing of a person ( "man")

Justifiable homicide, a defense to culpable homicide (criminal or negligent homicide)

Human sacrifice, the killing of a human for sacrificial, often religious, reasons
Lynching, the public killing of an individual without due process
Massacre, the killing of many people at one time or place
Mass murder or Spree killer, the killing of many people
Murder, the unlawful killing of a human by another human
Manslaughter, murder, but under legally mitigating circumstances
Omnicide, the act of killing all humans, to bring about the extinction of the human species ( "all, everyone").
Serial killer, a person who murders three or more people, with the killings taking place over a significant period of time in separate events
Spree killer, someone who commits a criminal act that involves two or more murders in a short time, often in multiple locations

Algaecide, a chemical agent that kills algae
Acaricide, a chemical agent that kills mites
Avicide, a chemical agent that kills birds
Bactericide, a chemical agent that kills bacteria
Biocide, a chemical agent that kills a broad spectrum of living organisms
Fungicide, a chemical agent or biological organism used to kill or inhibit fungi or fungal spores
Germicide, an agent that kills germs, especially pathogenic microorganisms
Herbicide, an agent that kills unwanted plants
Insecticide, an agent that kills unwanted
Larvicide (also larvacide), an insecticide targeted against the larval life stage of an insect
Microbicide, an agent used to kill or reduce the infectiousness of microorganisms
Miticide, a chemical used to kill mites
Nemacide (also nematicide, nematocide), a chemical to eradicate or kill
Parasiticide, an agent used to destroy
Pediculicide, an agent that kills head lice
Pesticide, an agent used to destroy or repel a pest
Rodenticide, an agent that kills rodents (especially rats and mice)
Scabicide, a chemical agent for killing scabies
Teniacide (also taeniacide, tenicide), a chemical agent that kills tape worms
Theriocide, the killing of an animal by a human (Ancient Greek: therion "wild animal, beast")
Vermicide, an agent used to kill parasitic intestinal worms
Virucide (also viricide), an agent capable of destroying or inhibiting viruses
Vulpicide (also vulpecide), the killing of a fox by methods other than by hunting it with hounds

Deicide, the killing of a god or divine being
Xenocide, the genocide of an alien species. Often used in science fiction, such as in the novel Xenocide by Orson Scott Card

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