Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the word which is nearest in meaning to the phrase given below.

Murder of a brother

  1. Patricide

  2. Regicide

  3. Homicide

  4. Fratricide
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Explanation

Fratricide specifically means the killing of one's brother. Patricide is father-killing, regicide is king-killing, and homicide is the general term for killing a human being regardless of relationship.

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