List of types of killing

This is a list of types of killing. In the English language, terms for types of killing often end in the suffix -cide.

Killing of self

• Suicide – intentional killing of self.
  • Autocide – suicide by automobile.
  • Medicide – a suicide accomplished with the aid of a physician
  • Murder-suicide - a suicide committed immediately after one or more murders
  • Self-immolation – suicide by setting oneself on fire, a form of extreme protest.
  • Suicide by cop – acting in a threatening manner so as to provoke a lethal response from law enforcement.
  • Auto erotic asphyxiation ** - suicide by accidental self suffocation during the act of masterbation.

Killing of family

• Avunculicide - the act of killing an uncle.
• Familicide - is a multiple-victim homicide where a killer's spouse and children are slain.("Familia" being Latin for family)
• Filicide – the act of a parent killing his or her son or daughter. ("Filius" being Latin for son)
• Fratricide – the act of killing a brother, also in military context death by friendly fire. ("Frater" being Latin for brother)
• Geronticide – the abandonment of the elderly to die, commit suicide or be killed. See also Senicide.
• Honour killing – the act of killing a family member who has or was perceived to have brought disgrace to the family.
• Infanticide – the act of killing a child within the first year of its life.
• Mariticide - the act of killing one's husband.
• Matricide – the act of killing one's mother. ("Mater" being Latin for mother)
• Neonaticide - the act of killing an infant within the first twenty-four hours or month (varies by individual and jurisdiction) of its life.
• Nepoticide - the act of killing one's nephew
• Parricide – (also parenticide) the killing of one's mother or father or other close relative.
• Patricide – the act of killing of one's father. ("Pater" being Latin for father)
• Prolicide – the act of killing one's own children.
• Senicide – the killing of one's elderly family members when they can no longer work or become a burden. ("Senex" being Latin for old man)
• Sororicide – the act of killing one's sister.
• Uxoricide – the act of killing one's wife ("Uxor" being Latin for wife)

Killing of others

• Amicicide – the act of killing a friend. ("Amicus" being Latin for friend)
• Androcide - the systematic killing of men.
• Capital punishment – the judicial killing of a human being for odious crimes.
• Democide - the murder of any person or people by a government.
• Ecocide - the destruction of the natural environment by such activity as war, overexploitation of resources, or pollution.
• Euthanasia (also mercy killing) – the killing of any being for compassionate reasons, e.g., significant injury or disease.
• Femicide (also gynecide, gynaecide, or gynocide) – the systematic killing of women.
• Feticide - the act of killing a fetus.
• Gendercide - the systematic killing of members of a specific sex, either males or females.
• Genocide – the systematic extermination of an entire national, racial, religious, or ethnic group.
• Homicide – the act of killing of a person. ("Homo" being Latin for man)
• Human sacrifice – the killing of a human for sacrificial, often religious, reasons.
• Murder - the malicious and unlawful killing of a human by another human.
  • Manslaughter - Murder, but under legally mitigating factors.
• Omnicide – the act of killing all humans, to create intentional extinction of the human species. ("Omni" meaning all)
• Paedocide - the act of killing a child or children.
• Populicide – the slaughter of the people.
• Xenocide - The genocide of an entire alien species. Often used in science fiction, one famous example being the novel "Xenocide" by Orson Scott Card.
• Polyencide - The act of many people killing one person.

Killing of superiors

Giganticide: David hoists the severed head of Goliath.

• Deicide – the act of killing a god or divine being
• Dominicide – the act of killing one's master. (Latin: dominus means "master")
• Episcopicide – the act of killing a bishop.
• Giganticide – the act of killing a giant.
• Papicide - the act of killing the Pope.
• Regicide – the act of killing a king (Latin: rex, Gen. regis means "king")
• Tyrannicide – the act of killing a tyrant.
• Vaticide – the act of killing a prophet.

Killing of intangibles

• Chronocide – the killing or wasting of time
• Famacide – the killing of another's reputation, a slander.
• Liberticide – the destruction of liberties.
• Urbicide – the destruction of a city or the stifling of an urbanisation. ("Urbs" being Latin for city)
• Linguicide – intentionally causing the death of a language

Killing of animals, disease, and pests

• Algaecide – a chemical agent that kills algae
• Acaricide – a chemical agent that kills mites.
• Ariecide – the killing of a ram
• Avicide – a chemical agent that kills birds
• Bactericide – a chemical agent that kills bacteria.
• Biocide - a chemical agent that kills a broad spectrum of living organisms.
• Canicide - the killing of dogs. ("Canis" being Latin for dog)
• Cervicide – the killing of deer.
• Ceticide – the killing of whales.
• Culicide – a chemical agent that kills mosquitos.
• Felicide – the killing of cats
• Fungicide - chemical agents or biological organisms used to kill or inhibit fungi or fungal spores.
• Germicide - an agent that kills germs, especially pathogenic microorganisms; a disinfectant
• Gonocide (also gonococcicide) – an agent that kills the bacterium causing gonorrhea
• Herbicide - an agent that kills unwanted plants, a weed killer.
• Insecticide – an agent that kills unwanted insects.
• Larvicide (also larvacide) - an insecticide targeted against the larval life stage of an insect.
• Lupicide – The killing of wolves.
• Microbicide – an agent used to kill or reduce the infectiousness of microorganisms.
• Muscicide – an agent that kills flies.
• Nemacide (also nematicide, nematocide) – a chemical to eradicate or kill nematodes.
• Ovacide – an agent that kills eggs of an organism particular a pest i.e. lice eggs.
• Parasiticide – a general term to describe an agent used to destroy parasites.
• Pediculicide – an agent that kills head lice.
• Pesticide – a general term to describe an agent used to destroy or repel a pest.
• Pulicicide (also pulicide) – an agent that kills fleas.
• Raticide – an agent for killing rats.
• Scabicide – a chemical agent for killing scabies.
• Spermicide – a contraceptive agent to render sperm inert and prevent fertilization.
• Tauricide – the killing of bulls or steers.
• Teniacide (also taeniacide, tenicide)– a chemical agent that kills tape worms.
• Vermicide - an agent used to kill parasitic intestinal worms.
• Vespacide – a chemical agent that kills wasps.
• Virucide (also viricide) - an agent capable of destroying or inhibiting viruses.
• Vulpicide (also vulpecide)- the killing of a fox by methods other than by hunting it with hounds.