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Murder of a god
Answer for the clue "Murder of a god ", 7 letters:
deicide
Alternative clues for the word deicide
- Resolve to arrest one for sacrilegious murder
- Resolve to arrest leader of infidels for a religious crime
- Resolve to secure independence, resulting in destruction of creator
- Set's crime against Osiris
- What Set committed when he slew Osiris
- Resolve to imprison one for a type of murder
- Destruction of a god
Word definitions for deicide in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1610s, "the killing of a god;" 1650s, "one who kills a god," from Latin deus "god" (see Zeus ) + -cida (see -cide ).
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Deicide is an American death metal band formed in 1987 by bassist and vocalist Glen Benton and drummer Steve Asheim . The band rose to mainstream success in 1992 with their second album Legion , and is credited as the second best-selling death metal band ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The killing of a god or goddess; godslaughter. 2 The killer of a god or goddess. 3 (context Christianity theology English) The crucifixion of Jesus viewed as a crime.
Usage examples of deicide.
Thus they added to traditional tyrannicide the concept of calculated deicide.
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This is not just because of the Blight's obvious strength, the destruction and the deicides it has committed.