1) Type of Killing 
Mariticide (from Latin maritus `husband` + -cide, from caedere `to cut, to kill`) literally means murder of one`s husband. The murder of a wife is given the name uxoricide. In England the punishment until 1790 was to be strangled and burnt at the stake. ==Notable instances== ===Historical=== ===Mythological=== In Greek mythology ...
killing or killer of one's husband
mariticide, mariticidal, maritocide The killing of a spouse, especially a husband.
noun the murder of a husband by his wife