-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”.

cybercide

1. The killing of a person’s projected virtual persona in cyberspace. This may be part of a VR game, or it may be an act of vandalism.
2. An expression for killing another person’s online character, or persona, in a multiplayer game or on an internet chat room.

cytocide

The killing of cells.

czaricide

The killing of a czar (tsar).

deicide, deicidal

1. The act of killing a god or goddess.
2. Killing a divine being or a representation of a divinity. A man is destroying or killing the representative statue of a god.

A man is destroying or killing the representative statue of a god.

A man is destroying the representation of a god which in effect is killing that divine being.

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dominicide

The killing of a master or one who kills a master.

ecocide

1. Destruction or damage of the environment; especially intentionally; for example, by herbicides in war.
2. Heedless or deliberate destruction of the natural environment, as by pollutants or an act of war.

elephanticide

Killing elephants or an elephant.

episcopicide, episcopacide

The crime of murdering a bishop.

epizoicide (ep" i ZOH i sighed)

1. The killing of external-animal parasites.
2. An agent destructive to or which kills epizoa.

ethnocide

The deliberate and systematic destruction of the culture of an ethnic group; especially, within a larger community.

famicide

A destroyer of one’s reputation; slanderer.

febricide

1. Relieving or reducing fever.
2. Any agent that relieves or reduces fever.

febrificide

The killing of fever or anything that reduces a fever.

felicide

Killing a cat or cats; cat-slaughter.

femicide, femicidal (rare: feminicide)

1. One who kills a woman.
2. The killing of a woman.

For example, AIDS in Africa has been termed "mass femicide".

Femicide is in contrast to the literal meaning of homicide, meaning "the killing of men".

Related "death, dead; kill" units: lethal-; mort-; neci-; necro-; phono-; thanato-.

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(Latin: a suffix; kill, killer; murder, to cause death, slayer; cutter; “to cut down”)

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