-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”.
giganticide, giganticidal
A giant-killer or the killing of giants.
globulicide
The killing or the death of blood corpuscles.
gonococcide, gonoccocide
The killing of gonococci; the causative agent of gonorrhea.
gregicide
Involving the slaughter of the common people.
gynecide, gynaecide
The killing of a woman or women.
helminthicide
The killing of intestinal worms.
herbicide, herbicidal
Any chemical agent that is toxic to some or all plants and is used to destroy unwanted vegetation.
hereticide
The killing of a heretic or heretics.
hericide
The murder of a lord or master.
herpecide, herpicide
Killing reptiles.
hiricide
Killing goats.
hirudicide
Killing leeches.
homicide, homicidal
1. The killing of any human being, whether lawfully or unlawfully; in law there are various types: murder, manslaughter, justifiable homicide, excusable homicide, felonious homicide, etc.
2. One who kills a human being; a man-slayer; in earlier use often a murderer.
3. Anyone who kills another person.
homicidomania
Any kind of mental disease where there is an irresistible impulse to commit murder; used now instead of the previously used term of phonomania.
hospiticide
One who kills his guest or host.
Related "death, dead; kill" units:
lethal-;
mort-;
neci-;
necro-;
phono-;
thanato-.
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