List of types of killing

• Altruistic suicide, a suicide for the benefit of others • Medicide, a suicide accomplished with the aid of a physician • Murder-suicide, a suicide committed immediately after one or more murders • Self-immolation, a suicide by fire, often as a form of protest • Suicide by cop, acting in a threatening manner so as to provoke a lethal response from law enforcement • Vehicular suicide, a suicide by a motor vehicle ==Killing of other people==

All of these are considered types of homicide. Killing of family members • Amiticide, the killing of an aunt ( "(paternal) aunt") • Avunculicide, the killing of an uncle ( "(maternal) uncle") • Familicide, the killing of a spouse and children ( "family") • Filicide or prolicide, the killing of one's own child ( "son" and "daughter"). • Fratricide, the killing of a brother ( "brother") • Honour killing, the killing of a family member perceived to have brought disgrace to the family • Mariticide, the killing of one's husband ( "husband") • Matricide, the killing of one's mother ( "mother") • Nepiticide, the killing of one's niece • Nepoticide, the killing of one's nephew • Parricide or parenticide, the killing of one's mother, father, or other close relative • Patricide, the killing of one's father ( "father") • Senicide, the killing of one's elderly family members ( "old man") • Siblicide, the killing of a sibling • Sororicide, the killing of one's sister ( "sister") • Uxoricide, the killing of one's wife ( "wife") Killing of children • Infanticide, the killing of a child within the first year of their life • Neonaticide, the killing of an infant within the first 24 hours or month (varies by individual and jurisdiction) of their life • Pedicide, the killing of children Killing by governments • Capital punishment, the judicial killing of a criminal • Democide or populicide, the killing of people by a government • Extrajudicial killing, the killing of people by a government without due process • Targeted killing, a form of assassination by a government against their perceived enemy Killing of prominent people • Assassination, the killing of a prominent person for political, religious, or monetary reasons • Eliticide, the killing of the elites of a population • Papicide, the killing of a pope (Ancient Greek: πάππας (páppas) "father"). • Regicide, the killing of a monarch or sovereign, a king/queen ( gen. "king") • Tyrannicide, the killing of a tyrant Killing in wartime • Casualty, death (or injury) in wartime • Collateral damage or friendly fire, the unintentional killing of persons during a military attack who were not the target • Decimation, in ancient Rome, a form of military discipline in which every tenth man in a group was executed by members of his cohort • Fragging, the deliberate killing of a fellow soldier • Fratricide, the accidental killing of a fellow soldier Killing of others • Amicicide, the killing of a friend ( "friend") • Androcide, the systematic killing of men • Contract killing, a form of murder or assassination in which a party is hired to kill a person or people • Euthanasia or mercy killing, killing for compassionate reasons; e.g., significant injury or disease • Familiaricide in commutatione eius possessio, the act of killing a family for their property and/or possessions (from "of a household"; "in exchange for"; and "a possession or property") • Femicide, gynecide, gynaecide, or gynocide, the systematic killing of women • Gendercide, the systematic killing of members of a specific sex or gender • Geronticide, the killing of the elderly • Genocide, the systematic extermination of an entire national, racial, religious, or ethnic group • Homicide, the killing of a person ( "man") • Justifiable homicide, a defense to culpable homicide (criminal or negligent homicide) • Human sacrifice, the killing of a human for sacrificial, often religious, reasons • Lynching, the public killing of an individual without due process • Massacre, the killing of many people at one time or place • Mass murder or spree killing, the killing of many people • Murder, the unlawful killing of a human by another human • Manslaughter, murder, but under legally mitigating circumstances • Omnicide, the act of killing all humans, to bring about the extinction of the human species ( "all, everyone"). • Serial killer, a person who murders three or more people, with the killings taking place over a significant period of time in separate events • Spree killer, someone who commits a criminal act that involves two or more murders in a short time, often in multiple locations ==Killing of non-human animals and other organisms==

• Algaecide, a chemical agent that kills algae • Acaricide, a chemical agent that kills mites • Avicide, a chemical agent that kills birds • Bactericide, a chemical agent that kills bacteria • Biocide, a chemical agent that kills a broad spectrum of living organisms • Fungicide, a chemical agent or biological organism used to kill or inhibit fungi or fungal spores • Germicide, an agent that kills germs, especially pathogenic microorganisms • Herbicide, an agent that kills unwanted plants • Insecticide, an agent that kills unwanted insects • Larvicide (also larvacide), an insecticide targeted against the larval life stage of an insect • Microbicide, an agent used to kill or reduce the infectiousness of microorganisms • Miticide, a chemical used to kill mites • Nemacide (also nematicide, nematocide), a chemical to eradicate or kill nematodes • Parasiticide, an agent used to destroy parasites • Pediculicide, an agent that kills head lice • Pesticide, an agent used to destroy or repel a pest • Rodenticide, an agent that kills rodents (especially rats and mice) • Scabicide, a chemical agent for killing scabies • Teniacide (also taeniacide, tenicide), a chemical agent that kills tape worms • Theriocide, the killing of an animal by a human (Ancient Greek: therion "wild animal, beast") • Vermicide, an agent used to kill parasitic intestinal worms • Virucide (also viricide), an agent capable of destroying or inhibiting viruses • Vulpicide (also vulpecide), the killing of a fox by methods other than by hunting it with hounds ==Killing in fiction and mythology==

• Deicide, the killing of a god or divine being • Xenocide, the genocide of an alien species. Often used in science fiction, such as in the novel Xenocide by Orson Scott Card • Terracide, the planetary scale destruction that occurred on planet Helghan, from the Killzone videogame series. • Zoecide, the killing of all forms of life on a universal scale. ==See also==