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adj. - Relating to the murder of a mother by one of her children.

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  • For centuries, she has lived and acted upon her matricidal desires.
  • OpEdNews - Article: Yes, we're matricidal: Murdering Mother Earth one forest, one species and one atom at a time
  • In two of these books matricidal small boys play a prominent part, and in a third an adolescent very nearly stabs the sweet old lady next door with a carving knife.
  • The signs are pointing toward the secluded new age research facility of Jason and Juliet Finch, who live with their troubled — and possibly matricidal —...
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