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dogicide

dogicide noun: the killing of a dog.

Noun

dogicide (countable and uncountable, plural dogicides)

  1. (nonce-word) The killing of a dog.
    • HORRIBLE CASE OF DOGICIDE―WE were informed the neighbourhood of the Isle of Dogs was thrown into a state of considerable excitement yesterday afternoon, at about 22 minutes past 3, by a report relative to that distinguished ornament to his species (the canine), familiarly known as the Fireman's dog...1849, Punch, volume 17, London, page 94
    • Tudor watched the operation reproachfully, the girls giggled behind their hands and Don's expression, to put the kindliest interpretation upon it, was rage suffused with despair spread thinly over a boiling caldron of desire to commit wificide and dogicide.1955, Betty MacDonald, Onions in the Stew, Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott & Co, page 36
    Synonyms:
    canicide, caninicide

Examples of dogicide in a sentence

  • Do you fear he'll be a victim of accidental "dogicide" because he can't resist chasing a passing car?1969 November, Better Homes and Gardens, volume 47, number 11, page 46:
  • His long snout and extra-rich sense of smell had sniffed out a whole batch of homicides and dogicides.1995, Jeff Noon, Pollen, New York: Crown Publishers, →ISBN, page 26:

Synonyms of dogicide

Forms of dogicide

pluraldogicides
alternative formdoggicide

Origin of dogicide

From dog + -i- + -cide.

Questions about dogicide

What does dogicide mean?
Dogicide means the killing of a dog.
How do you use dogicide in a sentence?
Do you fear he'll be a victim of accidental "dogicide" because he can't resist chasing a passing car?
What part of speech is dogicide?
Dogicide is a noun.
What is the plural of dogicide?
The plural of dogicide is dogicides.

Words near dogicide in the dictionary

  1. doghouses
  2. Doghramadjian
  3. Doghramadjians
  4. dogi
  5. Dogic
  6. dogicide
  7. dogicides
  8. dogie
  9. dogielinotid
  10. dogielinotids
  11. dogies

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