fragging

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/ˈfɹæɡɪŋ/

noun

The premeditated murder of one's superior officer in a military unit.

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fragicide
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Meanings

nounfragging (countable and uncountable, plural fraggings)

plural fraggings

  1. UScountableslanguncountablegovernmentThe premeditated murder of one's superior officer in a military unit.

    Fraggings—the intentional killings of officers by their own troops—were already occurring.

    2004, Martin Torgoff, “Next Stop is Vietnam”, in Can’t Find My Way Home: America in the Great Stoned Age, 1945–2000, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 175

    Synonyms: fragicide

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of frag

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe premeditated murder of one's superior officer in a military unit.

Similar
fragicide
Also see
fragicide

Origin

Present participle of frag, from a clipping of fragmentation grenade, because those who committed fragging during the Vietnam War threw fragmentation grenades at their superior officers.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with fragging

gagginglaggingbraggingflaggingbaggingblaggingdebagging
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APA

fragging. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fragging

MLA

“fragging.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fragging. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fragging,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fragging.

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