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aborticide

US/əˈbɔɹ.tɪˌsaɪd/

aborticide noun: the act of destroying a fetus in the womb; feticide.

Noun

aborticide (countable and uncountable, plural aborticides)

  1. The act of destroying a fetus in the womb; feticide.
    • As physician I frequently find it helpful to express some of my views regarding prognosis, aborticide, euthanasia, organ transplant, and similar medical exertion of mine, including that of my well-intentioned fellow-man.1974, John Morris Dorsey, Psychology of ethics, page 153
    • "From today onwards", he legislated, "a woman's infidelity to her husband shall be a sin tantamount to aborticide, an evil that will engender misery.1988, Sarva Daman Singh, Polyandry in Ancient India, page 78
  2. An agent responsible for an abortion (the destruction of a fetus); abortifacient.

Examples of aborticide in a sentence

  • "Aborticide is the basis of God's judgment on America," he says, "because the blood cries out from the ground."1989, Paul DeParrie, The Rescuers, page 42:
  • Thus we have a clear division between homicide, which falls within the biblical law of persons, and aborticide, which is treated as a tort.1998, Lenn Evan Goodman, Judaism, human rights, and human values, page 88:

Forms of aborticide

pluralaborticides

Origin of aborticide

From abortion + -cide (“killing; killer”).

Questions about aborticide

What does aborticide mean?
Aborticide means the act of destroying a fetus in the womb; feticide.
How do you use aborticide in a sentence?
"Aborticide is the basis of God's judgment on America," he says, "because the blood cries out from the ground."
What part of speech is aborticide?
Aborticide is a noun.
How do you pronounce aborticide?
Aborticide is pronounced /əˈbɔɹ.tɪˌsaɪd/ (US).
What is the plural of aborticide?
The plural of aborticide is aborticides.

Words near aborticide in the dictionary

  1. abortee
  2. abortees
  3. aborter
  4. aborters
  5. aborti
  6. aborticide
  7. aborticides
  8. abortient
  9. abortients
  10. abortifacient
  11. abortifacients

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