Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Relating to tyrannicide.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to tyrannicide, or the murder of a tyrant.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to
tyrannicide , or themurder of atyrant .
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Examples
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Though affecting to scorn the courts of princes, Alfieri was not averse to showing himself there as the poet of the democracy, and to hearing his heroes mouth their tyrannicidal speeches on the boards of royal and ducal stages.
The Valley of Decision Edith Wharton 1899
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When its blossom sheathed the sheer tyrannicidal sword.
Studies in Song, A Century of Roundels, Sonnets on English Dramatic Poets, The Heptalogia, Etc From Swinburne's Poems Volume V. Algernon Charles Swinburne 1873
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No, the attempt to kill the Fuhrer was not the product of despair over a lost war, although it is true that the tyrannicidal attempts began to multiply in 1943, following the traumatic German defeat at Stalingrad.
unknown title 2009
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No, the attempt to kill the Fuhrer was not the product of despair over a lost war, although it is true that the tyrannicidal attempts began to multiply in 1943, following the traumatic German defeat at Stalingrad.
unknown title 2009
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