[noun] [U] [formal] - the crime of murdering your brother, or killing members of your own group or countryThe life-long rivalry between the brothers ended tragically in fratricide.The crisis might have led to another civil war, but the population was not yet ready for a another round of fratricide.
FRATRICIDE
Meaning of FRATRICIDE in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012