alleryStart learning →A word for the purposeful killing of a king or queen
APatricide
BFratricide
CGenocide
DRegicide
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Regicide
Regicide comes from Latin roots for king and killing, and is the murder of a monarch.
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