Noun

1. The murder of an entire family by a family member.

   Because of the familicide that wiped out his entire family, he will be charged with six counts of murder.

2. The murder of an entire family by a family member, followed by suicide.

   His spree of familicide ended only after he killed the family dog, and then himself.

3. The person who perpetrates a familicide.

   The popular professional wrestler became the most notorious familicide of 2007.

See also

• altruistic filicide
• fratricide
• homicide
• infanticide
• killer dad
• killer mom
• maternal filicide
• parricide
• paternal filicide
• sororicide
• suicide
• uxoricide