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geocidal

geocidal adjective: characterized by or committing geocide, the destruction of the earth or its ecosystems.

Adjective

geocidal (comparative more geocidal, superlative most geocidal)

  1. Characterized by or committing geocide, the destruction of the earth or its ecosystems.
    • These murders reveal not only our culture's profound gynocidal propensities, but simultaneously its geocidal desires and intentions. The endless numbers of women raped, flayed, mutilated, and murdered, in both the real and the symbolic worlds, reflect and enact the large-scale assaults on the...1993, Jane Caputi, Gossips, Gorgons and Crones: The Fates of the Earth, page 175

Forms of geocidal

comparativemore geocidal
superlativemost geocidal

Origin of geocidal

From geocide + -al.

Questions about geocidal

What does geocidal mean?
Geocidal means characterized by or committing geocide, the destruction of the earth or its ecosystems.
What part of speech is geocidal?
Geocidal is an adjective.

Words near geocidal in the dictionary

  1. geochronometric
  2. geochronometrical
  3. geochronometries
  4. geochronometry
  5. geochrony
  6. geocidal
  7. geocide
  8. GeoCities
  9. GeoCity
  10. geoclimate
  11. geoclimates

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