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chronocide

chronocide noun: the act of killing time.

Noun

chronocide (uncountable)

  1. (humorous) The act of killing time.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:chronocide.

Origin of chronocide

From chrono- + -cide.

Questions about chronocide

What does chronocide mean?
Chronocide means the act of killing time.
What part of speech is chronocide?
Chronocide is a noun.

Words near chronocide in the dictionary

  1. chronocentric
  2. chronocentrism
  3. chronoception
  4. chronochemotherapy
  5. chronocidal
  6. chronocide
  7. chronocinematography
  8. chronoclasm
  9. chronoclasms
  10. chronoclinal
  11. chronoclinally

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