Infanticide
nOne word substitutionWord familySSC PYQ × 5इन्फ़ैन्टिसाइड
Murder of an infant
The act of killing an infant or newborn child
शिशु-हत्या
शिशु हत्या
The law treats infanticide as one of the gravest crimes.
The film showed how Radhika's village campaign helped end infanticide in the district.
Strict laws and public awareness have helped reduce infanticide.
Daily use: Radhika ne gaon mein awareness campaign chalaya taaki infanticide jaisi buraai khatam ho.
इसे Infant + cide में तोड़िए — infant यानी नवजात शिशु और -cide यानी हत्या (suicide, pesticide में भी)। तो infanticide यानी शिशु-हत्या।
Split it into INFANT + -CIDE. You know infant (a baby), and -cide always means killing, as in suicide and pesticide. So INFANTICIDE is the killing of an infant.
'-cide' family का favourite। अलग रखिए: infanticide (शिशु), patricide (पिता), matricide (माता), fratricide (भाई), regicide (राजा), homicide (मनुष्य)।
A '-cide' one-word favourite. Keep the family apart: infanticide (infant), patricide (father), matricide (mother), fratricide (brother), regicide (king), homicide (any human).