tyrannicide

[ ti-ran-uh-sahyd, tahy- ]

/ tɪˈræn əˌsaɪd, taɪ- /

the act of killing a tyrant.

a person who kills a tyrant.

Origin of tyrannicide

1640–50; < Latin tyrrannicīdium (def 1), tyrannicīda (def 2). See tyrant, -i- -cide

ty·ran·ni·cid·al, adjective

Others unpacked their hearts with words in tyrannicide declamations and imitations of Greek tragedy.

The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire |T. R. Glover
Upon whom should the poems, a medley of tyrannicide and revolutionary raving, be fathered?

Shelley |John Addington Symonds
When the study of the classics had penetrated the nation with antique ideas of heroism, tyrannicide became a virtue.

Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series |John Addington Symonds
And so it came to pass that the pamphlet appeared with the title—'Tyrannicide: is it Justifiable?

Charles Bradlaugh: a Record of His Life and Work, Volume I (of 2) |Hypatia Bradlaugh Bonner and J. M. (John Mackinnon) Robertson

The essay, as I had written it, was entitled 'Tyrannicide, a Justification.'

Charles Bradlaugh: a Record of His Life and Work, Volume I (of 2) |Hypatia Bradlaugh Bonner and J. M. (John Mackinnon) Robertson

tyrannicide

/ (tɪˈrænɪˌsaɪd) /

the killing of a tyrant

a person who kills a tyrant

tyrannicidal, adjective