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The action of destroying a fetus or causing an abortion.

1. The destruction or killing of the fetus or causing an abortion.
2. The destruction of the embryo or foetus in the uterus.
3. The intentional destruction of a human fetus; for example, by using an agent or drug.

Feticide, as a legal term, refers to the deliberate or incidental killing of a fetus as a result of a human act; such as, a punch or kick in the abdomen of a pregnant woman. It does not refer to the death of a fetus from entirely natural causes, or through the spontaneous abortion of a pregnancy where the life of the fetus could not be maintained artificially ex utero.

A breaker of one’s word or trust; a faith-destroyer.

1. Something that destroys Filaria.
2. The killing of filariae (roundworms).

1. One who kills a son or daughter; a slayer of his/her own child.
2. The action of killing a son or daughter.

Something which destroys flowers.

The killing of ants.

1. One who kills his/her brother.
2. The action of killing one’s brother.
3. The crime in which someone kills his or her own brother.

1. The destruction of fungi or something used to kill fungi (spores).
2. Any chemical substance (dry or moisture) that destroys or inhibits the growth of fungi.

A killer of fowls.

The killing of hens, or turkeys, or poultry in general.

The killing of malarial parasites.

The deliberate and systematic extermination of an ethnic or national group.

1. Preventing infection by inhibiting the growth or action of micro-organisms.
2. An agent that kills pathogenic micro-organisms.

1. That which kills germs; specifically, an agent used to destroy disease-germs.
2. Destructive to germs.