complement-dependent cytotoxicity (GO:0097278)

Lysis of a cell resulting from triggering of the complement cascade. An example can be seen with complement activation and subsequent lysis of a bacterial cell as a result of the binding of IgM to the cell surface followed by the binding of complement proteins to that antibody.

General

single-organism process (GO:0044699) cell killing (GO:0001906)

References

gene ontology: GO:0097278