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What does uxoricide mean?

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Noun
  1. One who murders his or her wife.
  2. The murdering of one's own wife.
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Uxoricide is an extreme form of domestic violence in which a man murders his current or former romantic partner and then often commits suicide.
He was an uxoricide who had crept up behind his wife one morning and slit her throat.
Alonso eloquently regrets the sororicide and uxoricide he committed before he is beheaded.
The Chief of Scotland Yard remains with doubt whether Arthur is an uxoricide or not.
Such events are carefully orchestrated, evoking the history of the institution she represents, so it is unfortunate that her stroll will begin at the Henry VIII gate, named after a notorious uxoricide and probable psychopath.
Although seemingly rare, the rate of incidence of uxoricide in the United States is similar to that of childhood leukemia.

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