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mundicide

mundicide noun: the destruction of the (or a) world.

Noun

mundicide

  1. (uncommon) The destruction of the (or a) world.
    • But the task of actually destroying the planet, or 'mundicide' as UK Cambridge University mathematics student Sam Hughes calls it in his amusing website (http : // ned.ucam.org/~sdh31/misc/destroy.html) is unimaginably difficult. Nevertheless we all like a challenge,[…]2005, Astronomy Now, page 23
    • There are echoes here of Mitchell's concept of "mundicide." See Audra Mitchell, “Only Human? A Worldly Approach to Security,” Security Dialogue 45, no. 1 (2014): 5–21. 35.2021 December 28, Paul Lushenko, Srinjoy Bose, William Maley, Drones and Global Order: Implications of Remote Warfare for International Society, Routledge, →ISBN

Origin of mundicide

From Latin mundus (“world”) + -cide.

Words formed from mundicide

Questions about mundicide

What does mundicide mean?
Mundicide means the destruction of the (or a) world.
What part of speech is mundicide?
Mundicide is a noun.

Words near mundicide in the dictionary

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

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