tyrannicidal

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adjective

Of or pertaining to tyrannicide, or the murder of a tyrant.

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Meanings

adjectivetyrannicidal (comparative more tyrannicidal, superlative most tyrannicidal)

comparative more tyrannicidal · superlative most tyrannicidal

  1. Of or pertaining to tyrannicide, or the murder of a tyrant.

    The Jeſuits and Janſeniſts of France, although they differed in almoſt every other reſpect, agreed in their hoſtility to temporal deſpotic power: and one of the greateſt charges, brought againſt the former, was their tyrannicidal doctrine.

    1799, Alexander Geddes, A Sermon, Preached on the Day of General Fast, February 27, 1799

Origin

From tyrannicide + -al.

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APA

tyrannicidal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tyrannicidal

MLA

“tyrannicidal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tyrannicidal. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tyrannicidal,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tyrannicidal.

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