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Ayed

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Dear , Mr .RonBee

Hearfelt regards ,
It pleases me to convey my Jasmine-scented rememberances to you in hope that you be in joyful whiles( what a long sentence , :) ) and pure mood. Mr.RonBee , I have evolved the following mind-scattering terms :

Killing newborn girls is :

1-Newbornettecide
2-Newborn femalcide
3-Genoettecide
4-Sucklingettecide
For being English native speaker , could you, Mr.RonBee rebuild up these term for me?

Thank you in advance
Ayed ,
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The term you are looking for is infanticide, and it applies to both males and females. There are several words that use the -cide suffix. Examples:

  • homocide = killing a human being
    suicide = killing one's self
    fratricide = killing one's brother
    genocide = killing a race, or species

Those are, I am fairly certain, the most commonly used of those terms.

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Ayed

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thank you RonBee .
I need a specific term that tallies with "Killing infant girls"

infantcide
female infantcide
feminifantcide
Thank you very much.
 

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I think female infantcide is the most appropriate term. Ordinarily, infanticide is, I think, as close as you will get.

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Puellacide?
 

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More.

matricide = killing of one's mother
patricide = killing of one's father
feticide = killing of a fetus

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