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* Androcide: killing of men |
* Androcide: killing of men |
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* [[Aphicide]], [[aphidicide]]: killer of aphids |
* [[Aphicide]], [[aphidicide]]: killer of aphids |
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* [[Arachnoandrocide]]: killing of Spiderman |
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* [[Avicide]]: killing of birds |
* [[Avicide]]: killing of birds |
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Revision as of 17:17, 30 April 2006
The English suffix -cide denotes an act related to killing. From Latin caedere "to cut, kill, hack (at), strike"
A
- Acaricide: killer of mites and ticks
- Algicide: killer of algae
- Androcide: killing of men
- Aphicide, aphidicide: killer of aphids
- Arachnoandrocide: killing of Spiderman
- Avicide: killing of birds
B
- Bactericide: killer of bacteria
- Biocide: killing living material
- Bovicide: slaughter of cattle
C
- Canicide: killing of dogs
- Ceticide: killing of whales and other cetaceans
- Cybercide: killing of a computer or network, or a computer game personality, etc.
D
E
F
- Felicide: killing of a cat
- Femicide: killing of a woman
- Feticide/Foeticide: killing of a fetus
- Filicide: killing of one's own child
- Floricide: killing of flowers
- Formicide: substance that kills ants
- Fratricide: killing of one's brother (Also used to designate Friendly fire)
- Fungicide: killing of fungus or a substance which performs this function
G
- Genocide: killing of a race or ethnic group
- Germicide: substance that kills germs
- Gynaecide, gynecide: killing of women
H
- Heathercide: killing of martians
- Herbicide: killing of plants or a substance which performs this function
- Homicide: killing of another human being
I
- Infanticide: killing of an infant.
- Insecticide: killing of insects or a substance which performs this function
L
- Larvicide: killing of larvae
- Liberticide: destruction of liberty
- Linguicide: causing the extinction of a language
M
- Mariticide: killing or killer of one's husband
- Matricide: killing of one's mother
- Menticide: reduction of mind by psychological pressure
- Molluscicide: killing of mollusks or a substance which performs this function
- Muscicide: substance for killing flies
O
P
- 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
- Pesticide: killing of pests or a substance which performs this function
- Politicide: killing people for their ideology
- Prolicide: killing of offspring; killing of the human race
- Pseudocide: feigning one's suicide
- Pulicide: a substance for killing fleas
R
- Regicide: killing of a monarch
- Rodenticide: killing of rodents or a substance which performs this function
S
- Senicide: killing of old men
- Serpenticide: killing of snakes or a substance which performs this function
- Silvicide: Killing of trees or a substance that kills trees
- Sororicide: killing of one's own sister
- Spermicide: killing of sperm; chemical that kills sperm
- Sporicide: killing of spores
- Suicide: killing of oneself
T
- Taeniacide: a substance for killing of tapeworms
- Trypanocide: a substance for killing of trypanosomes
- Tyrannicide: killing of a tyrant
U
V
- Verbicide: destroying the meaning of a word
- Vermicide: killing of worms
- Vespacide: killing of wasps or a substance which performs this function
- Viricide: killing of viruses; killing of men or of husbands
- Virucide: killing of viruses
X-Z
- Xenocide: destruction of an entire sentient species (coined by Orson Scott Card)