femicide
noun
fem·i·cide
ˈfe-mə-ˌsīd 
plural femicides
: the gender-based murder of a woman or girl by a man
There have been calls for a "national shutdown" to protest femicide in South Africa.—
Africa Check
Africa Check… speaks to a generation of young people fed up with femicides, sexual assault, and the ever more pervasive violence in Mexico.—Cody Copeland
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The crimes also include femicide and enforced disappearances.
—Marcos Aleman, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
The charges also include femicide and enforced disappearances.
—ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
Each grouping corresponds to a woman honored in the project, ranging from victims of the École Polytechnique femicide to pioneering figures in Montreal’s history – namely Myra Cree, Jessie Maxwell-Smith, Agnès Vautier, Ida Roth Steinberg, Idola Saint-Jean, Harriet Brooks, and Jeanne Mance.
—New Atlas, 28 Mar. 2026
But this document, which compelled me to interrogate my past more fully, unlocked the doors for a discussion on gender violence in my family history, most urgently the history of my sister’s femicide.
—Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
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Marcos Aleman, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
The charges also include femicide and enforced disappearances.
—ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
Each grouping corresponds to a woman honored in the project, ranging from victims of the École Polytechnique femicide to pioneering figures in Montreal’s history – namely Myra Cree, Jessie Maxwell-Smith, Agnès Vautier, Ida Roth Steinberg, Idola Saint-Jean, Harriet Brooks, and Jeanne Mance.
—New Atlas, 28 Mar. 2026
But this document, which compelled me to interrogate my past more fully, unlocked the doors for a discussion on gender violence in my family history, most urgently the history of my sister’s femicide.
—Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for femicide
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“Femicide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/femicide. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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