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bibliocide

bibliocide noun: synonym of book burning.

Noun

bibliocide (plural bibliocides)

  1. Synonym of book burning.
    • In September 1939, special arson squads followed the German army in Poland with the task of burning Jewish synagogues, books, and libraries. What followed was a systematic bibliocide.2014, Alon Confino, A World Without Jews, page 207
    Synonyms:
    book burning

Synonyms of bibliocide

Forms of bibliocide

pluralbibliocides

Origin of bibliocide

From biblio- + -cide.

Questions about bibliocide

What does bibliocide mean?
Bibliocide means synonym of book burning.
What part of speech is bibliocide?
Bibliocide is a noun.
What is the plural of bibliocide?
The plural of bibliocide is bibliocides.

Words near bibliocide in the dictionary

  1. bibliobloggers
  2. biblioblogging
  3. biblioblogs
  4. bibliocentric
  5. bibliochresis
  6. bibliocide
  7. bibliocides
  8. biblioclasm
  9. biblioclasms
  10. biblioclast
  11. biblioclastic

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