Free Translator Free Translator
Translators Dictionaries Courses Other
Home
English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Tyrannicide   Listen
noun
Tyrannicide  n.  
1.
The act of killing a tyrant.
2.
One who kills a tyrant.





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words


Share |




"Tyrannicide" Quotes from Famous Books



... trenchant tongue—still after two thousand years fascinates attention, if we are forced to own that for sheer power of will and intellect he stands in the very foremost rank of men, yet we feel also that in the case of such superhuman wickedness tyrannicide would, if it ever could, cease to be ...
— The Gracchi Marius and Sulla - Epochs Of Ancient History • A.H. Beesley
... "Yet you applaud tyrannicide," said the stranger with rationalistic gaiety. "How inconsistent! It really comes to this: You approve of taking away life from those to whom it is a triumph and a pleasure. But you will not take away life from those to whom it is a burden ...
— The Ball and The Cross • G.K. Chesterton


Words linked to "Tyrannicide" :   slaying, execution, murder


Copyright © 2024 Free-Translator.com