PHRASE | ONE WORD |
A solemn procession, especially for a funeral | Cortege |
A poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead | Elegy |
A phrase or form of words written in memory of a person who has died | Epitaph |
Killing of one’s son or daughter | Filicide |
Destruction or abortion of a fetus | Foeticide |
Killing of one’s brother or sister | Fratricide |
Killing of a large group of people | Genocide |
Killing of one person by another | Homicide |
Killing of infants | Infanticide |
Burial of a corpse in a grave or tomb | Interment |
Killing of one’s mother | Matricide |
A room or building in which dead bodies are kept | Mortuary |
A news article that reports the recent death of a person | Obituary |
Killing of a parent or other near relative | Parricide |
Killing of one’s father | Patricide |
An examination of a dead body to determine the cause of death | Postmortem |
Action of killing a king | Regicide |
Killing of one’s sister | Sororicide |
Act of intentionally causing one’s own death | Suicide |
Killing of one’s wife | Uxoricide |
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