interficio

interficiō fēcī, fectus, ere

inter+facio, to put out of the way, destroy, bring to naught : messīs, V.— To kill, slay, murder : interfici quom perpeti me possum, i. e. die willingly , T.: insidiis interfectus est: virum dolis, S.: consulum interficiendorum causā: se, commit suicide , Cs.