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.