filicide /ˈfɪ.lɪ.sʌɪd/ noun2 •The killing of one's own child.it began by violating nature, and ends in filicide. (I, v) — 1820 •A person who kills his or her own child.Ned is running, panicked, […] running for the cold hard road and the sanctuary of the Brunch farm like a filicide caught in the act. — 1982 formsfilicides