-cide, -cides, -cidal +
(Latin: a suffix; kill, killer; murder, to cause death, slayer; cutter; “to cut down”)
Don’t confuse this element with the another -cide that means “to cut”; although -cide, “death”, is related to -cise, -cide, “to cut down”.
tyrannicide
1. The slayer of a tyrant.
2. Killing a tyrant.
urbicide
The killing of a city.
ursicide
Killing bears.
uxoricide, uxoricidal
1. The killing of one’s wife or the murder of a wife by her husband.
2. The murdering of one's own wife or the man who kills his wife.
vaccicide
Killing cows.
vaticide
1. The killing of a prophet.
2. Killing a prophet or a prophet killer.
verbicide, verbicidal
1. The deliberate distortion of the sense of a word (as in punning).
2. May also refer to a person who distorts the sense of a word.
3. The killing of words; such as, a liar, book-burner, or someone who misuses words.
4. One who mutilates or destroys a word.
5. The act of destroying the sense or value of a word; the perversion of a word from its proper meaning.
6. Perversion of a word, or one who perverts a word; literally, killing a word.
vermicide, verminicide
Killing vermin or intestinal worms.
vespacide
The killing of wasps.
viricide, viricidal
The killing of a man; such as, a husband or any male.
virucide, virucidal, viruscide
The killing of viruses.
vulpicide
Killing foxes.
Related "death, dead; kill" units:
lethal-;
mort-;
neci-;
necro-;
phono-;
thanato-.
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