Fratricide (from the Latin word frater, meaning: "brother" and
cide meaning to kill) is the act of a person killing his or her
brother. Related concepts are sororicide (the killing of one's
sister), child murder (the killing of an unrelated child),
infanticide (the killing of a child under the age of one year),
filicide (the killing of one's child), patricide (the killing of
one's father), matricide (the killing of one's mother),
mariticide (the killing of one's husband) and uxoricide (the
killing of one's wife). See also siblicide The term may also be
used to refer to friendly fire incidents. In a United States
military context, it may also refer to an incident where the
catastrophic failure and disintegration of one jet engine in a
twin-engined fighter aircraft causes the damage or destruction
of the second engine, and possibly leads to the loss of the
entire aircraft. It also refers to the possible destruction of
one MIRV warhead by another. Fratricide in legend and fiction
Legend and mythology - Medea kil