amicide

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amicide

/ˈæm.ɪ.saɪd/

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Misspelling of amicicide, from Latin amicus (“friend”) + -cide.

noun ambicide

uncountable The act of killing a friend. Friends looked on the corpse of him they loved, and among the truest mourners was the unintentional amicide.
uncountable The accidental killing of a member of one's own side in warfare. It was called amicide. friendly fire, or blue-on-blue.

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@misc{amicide_2026,
  title = {amicide},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/amicide},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}