amicide

IPA(Pronunciation)

Noun

uncountable

The act of killing a friend. / The accidental killing of a member of one's own side in warfare.

Japanese Meaning

友人を殺害する行為 / 戦争中において、誤って自軍のメンバーを殺してしまう行為

The scholar wrote a grim essay on amicide, exploring the moral collapse that leads someone to kill a friend.

その学者は友人を殺す行為についての陰鬱な論文を書き、人がそのような行為に至る道徳的崩壊を探った。

Sense（1）

The act of killing a friend.

Sense（2）

The accidental killing of a member of one's own side in warfare.

1982, Charles R. Schrader, Amicide: The Problem of Friendly Fire in Modern War: