Matricide
nOne word substitutionWord familySynonymSSC PYQ × 8मैट्रिसाइड
The act of killing one’s mother
The act of killing one's mother
the killing of one's mother
माता की हत्या
मातृहत्या
The tragedy ends in matricide.
Matricide appears in several Greek plays.
The ancient tragedy turns on an act of matricide committed to avenge a father.
Daily use: Natak matricide pe khatam hota hai.
Matri = माता (maternal में भी) और -cide = मारना (suicide, homicide में भी)। माता + हत्या = matricide।
MATRI is mother, as in maternal, and -CIDE means killing, as in suicide and homicide. Mother + killing = matricide.
SSC में -cide परिवार साथ आता है: matricide (माता), patricide (पिता), fratricide (भाई), sororicide (बहन), regicide (राजा), infanticide (शिशु), genocide (पूरी जाति), homicide (कोई भी इंसान)।
SSC groups the -cide words: matricide (mother), patricide (father), fratricide (brother), sororicide (sister), regicide (king), infanticide (infant), genocide (a whole race), homicide (any human).