a. [f. next + -AL.] Pertaining or relating to tyrannicide; disposed or inclined to tyrannicide.
1814. W. Taylor, in Monthly Rev., LXXIII. 456. The seditious and tyrannicidal spirit.
1837. Hallam, Hist. Lit., I. I. iv. § 46. 290. He has introduced a limitation of his tyrannicidal doctrine.
1853. Grote, Greece, II. lxxxv. XI. 197. Such affection had to be overcome before he [Timoleon] accompanied his tyrannicidal friends to the acropolis.
1892. Illustr. Lond. News, 8 Oct., 450/3. Dynamitical and tyrannicidal schemes.
1916. J. G. Neihardt, The Quest, 157.
| Daft Freedom sings the glory of his reign; | |
| Religion is a pander of his lust: | |
| Surviving tyrants, he eludes the vain, | |
| Tyrannicidal thrust. |
