parricide

English Thesaurus

1. the murder of your own father or mother (noun.act)

hypernym	:	execution, murder, slaying,
definition	:	unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being (noun.act)

hyponym	:	matricide,
definition	:	the murder of your mother (noun.act)

hyponym	:	patricide,
definition	:	the murder of your father (noun.act)

2. someone who kills his or her parent (noun.person)

hypernym	:	liquidator, manslayer, murderer,
definition	:	a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being) (noun.person)

hyponym	:	matricide,
definition	:	a person who murders their mother (noun.person)

hyponym	:	patricide,
definition	:	a person who murders their father (noun.person)