List of types of killing

Killing of self

• Suicide – intentional killing of self.
  • Autocide – suicide by automobile.
  • Medicide – a suicide accomplished with the aid of a physician.
  • Murder-suicide – a suicide committed immediately after one or more murders.
  • Self-immolation – suicide as a form of protest, often by fire
  • Suicide by cop – acting in a threatening manner so as to provoke a lethal response from law enforcement.

Killing of other people

All of these are considered types of homicide.

Killing of family

• Avunculicide - the act of killing an uncle. (Avunculus being Latin for uncle, specifically a maternal uncle)
• Familicide – is a multiple-victim homicide where a killer's spouse and children are slain.(Familia being Latin for family)
• Filicide – the act of a parent killing his or her son or daughter. (Filius being Latin for son)
• Fratricide – the act of killing a brother, also in military context death by friendly fire. (Frater being Latin for brother)
• Geronticide – the abandonment of the elderly to die, commit suicide or be killed. See also Senicide.
• Honour killing – the act of killing a family member who has or was perceived to have brought disgrace to the family.
• Infanticide – the act of killing a child within the first year of its life.
• Mariticide – the act of killing one's husband.
• Matricide – the act of killing one's mother. (Mater being Latin for mother)
• Neonaticide – the act of killing an infant within the first twenty-four hours or month (varies by individual and jurisdiction) of its life.
• Nepoticide – the act of killing one's nephew
• Parricide – (also parenticide) the killing of one's mother or father or other close relative.
• Patricide – the act of killing of one's father. (Pater being Latin for father)
• Prolicide – the act of killing one's own children.
• Senicide – the killing of one's elderly family members when they can no longer work or become a burden. (Senex being Latin for old man)
• Siblicide – the killing of an infant individual by its close relatives (full or half siblings)
• Sororicide – the act of killing one's sister.(Soror being Latin for sister)
• Uxoricide – the act of killing one's wife (Uxor being Latin for wife)

Killing of others

• Amicicide – the act of killing a friend. ("Amicus" being Latin for friend)
• Androcide – the systematic killing of men.
• Capital punishment – the judicial killing of a human being for crimes.
• Casualty (person) – death (or injury) in wartime.