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mundicidal

mundicidal adjective: world-killing; world-destroying.

Adjective

mundicidal

  1. World-killing; world-destroying.
    • Even Werner, mundicidal as his doctrine is, would have paused ere he drowned the world so often, to account for what no other portion of the neighbouring country could assist him in sustaining.1834, George Hume Weatherhead, A Pedestrian Tour Through France and Italy, page 355
    • In order to mount a weapon of mundicidal means, shielding capabilities would have to be downgraded to a rudimentary level. Power, Bevel had said, was not infinite, even on a station this size, fueled by the largest hypermatter reactor ever built.2008 November 25, Michael Reaves, Steve Perry, Death Star: Star Wars Legends, Random House Worlds, →ISBN, page 17

Examples of mundicidal in a sentence

  • Etiam Tu's goal is not only to eradicate the Hate that could fuel these mundicidal attitudes, but also remove those issues that motivate the mentally unstable, Hate filled monsters to exists at all.2015 October 15, Tak tse Profit, Etiam Tu:: Eradicating Hatred, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN:
  • Luo Ji slowly came to be seen as an irrational monster and a mundicidal despot.2017 March 14, Cixin Liu, The Three-Body Problem Series: The Three-Body Problem, The Dark Forest, Death's End, Tor Books, →ISBN:
  • We now must fear [...] the mundicidal maniac.2024 October 17, Christine Quigley, Death Dictionary: Over 5,500 Clinical, Legal, Literary and Vernacular Terms, McFarland, →ISBN, page 3:

Origin of mundicidal

From mundicide + -al.

Questions about mundicidal

What does mundicidal mean?
Mundicidal means world-killing; world-destroying.
How do you use mundicidal in a sentence?
Etiam Tu's goal is not only to eradicate the Hate that could fuel these mundicidal attitudes, but also remove those issues that motivate the mentally unstable, Hate filled monsters to exists at all.
What part of speech is mundicidal?
Mundicidal is an adjective.

Words near mundicidal in the dictionary

  1. Mundesley-on-Sea
  2. Mundford
  3. Mundfords
  4. mundialization
  5. mundic
  6. mundicidal
  7. mundicide
  8. mundicidious
  9. mundick
  10. mundicks
  11. mundics

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