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The English suffix
-cide denotes an act related to killing or death. From Latin caedere
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- aborticide killing of a fetus; abortion
- acaricide killer
of mites and ticks
- algicide killer of
algae
- amicicide murder
of a friend
- aphicide killer of
aphids
- aphidicide
killer of aphids
- avicide killing of
birds
- bacillicide
killer of berries
- bactericide
killer of bacteria
- biocide killing living material
- bovicide slaughter
of cattle; one who kills cattle
- ceticide killing of
whales and other cetaceans
- cimicide substance
used to kill bed-bugs
- deicide destruction or killing of a god
- ecocide destruction of the environment
- episcopicide
killing of bishops
- felicide killing of
a cat
- femicide killing of
a woman
- feticide killing of a fetus
- filicide killing of one's own child
- floricide killing
or killer of flowers
- foeticide killing
a fetus
- formicide
substance that kills ants
- fratricide killing of one's brother
- fungicide killing of fungus
- genocide killing of a race or ethnic group
- germicide
substance that kills germs
- giganticide
killing of a giant
- gynaecide killing
of women
- herbicide killing of plants
- hereticide
killing of heretics
- homicide killing of a human being
- infanticide killing of an infant
- insecticide killing of insects
- larvicide killing
of larvae
- liberticide
destruction of liberty
- lupicide killing of
a wolf
- mariticide
killing or killer of one's husband
- matricide killing
of one's mother
- menticide
reduction of mind by psychological pressure
- miticide agent which
kills mites
- molluscicide killing of mollusks
- muscicide
substance for killing flies
- ovicide
sheep-killing
- ovicide killing insect
eggs
- parasiticide
killing of parasites
- parasuicide harmful act appearing to be an attempt at
suicide
- parenticide
killing or killer of one's parents
- parricide killing of parent or close relative
- patricide killing of one's father
- perdricide
killer of partridges
- pesticide killing of pests
- prolicide killing
of offspring; killing of the human race
- pulicide
flea-killer
- raticide substance
or person who kills rats
- regicide killing of a monarch
- rodenticide
killing of rodents
- senicide killing of
old men
- serpenticide
killing or killer of a snake
- siblicide killing
or killer of a sibling
- silvicide
substance that kills trees
- sororicide
killing of one's own sister
- speciocide
destruction of an entire species
- spermicide killing of sperm
- sporicide killing
of spores
- suicide killing of oneself
- taeniacide
killing of tapeworms
- tauricide killing
or killer of a bull
- trypanocide
killing of trypanosomes
- tyrannicide
killing or killer of a tyrant
- urbicide destruction
of a city
- ursicide killing or
killer of a bear
- utricide one who
stabs an inflated skin vessel instead of killing someone
- uxoricide killing
of one's own wife
- vaticide killing or
killer of a prophet
- verbicide
destroying the meaning of a word
- vermicide killing
of worms
- vespacide
substance or person who kills wasps
- viricide killing of
viruses; killing of men or of husbands
- virucide killing of
viruses
- vulpicide killing
of a fox
- weedicide
something that kills weeds
- Xenocide Destruction of an entire sentient species, coined by
Orson Scott Card
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