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antivampire

antivampire adjective: opposing or countering vampires.

Adjective

antivampire (comparative more antivampire, superlative most antivampire)

  1. Opposing or countering vampires.
    • This is a revealing passage, for van Helsing is the stern realist, the guiding hand directing the antivampire confederacy.1996, Howard L. Malchow, Gothic images of race in nineteenth-century Britain, page 146
    • The Oscar, Time, and Murrow formed a magical antivampire crucifix that would do more than protect Mr. S from the bloodsuckers of Hollywood; this figurative talisman would also convert the naysayers into idolators.2003, George Jacobs, William Stadiem, Mr. S: my life with Frank Sinatra, page 137

Forms of antivampire

comparativemore antivampire
superlativemost antivampire

Origin of antivampire

From anti- + vampire.

Questions about antivampire

What does antivampire mean?
Antivampire means opposing or countering vampires.
What part of speech is antivampire?
Antivampire is an adjective.

Words near antivampire in the dictionary

  1. antivaccinators
  2. antivaccine
  3. antivaccinist
  4. antivaccinists
  5. antivagrancy
  6. antivampire
  7. antivandal
  8. antivandalism
  9. antivaricose
  10. antivariolic
  11. antivariolous

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