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terracide

terracide noun: the destruction of a planet or of natural ecosystems.

Noun

terracide (uncountable)

  1. The destruction of a planet or of natural ecosystems.
    • Months earlier the Elders of Chrislam had identified the Reborn saboteurs and handed them over to ASTROPOL, but they had stubbornly refused to defend themselves. There was also another problem: where could one find an unprejudiced jury? Certainly not on Earth, and probably not even on...1993, Arthur C. Clarke, The Hammer of God, Bantam Spectra, published 1994, →ISBN, page 190
    • The sense of the sacred is presented here as the nucleus of the good and the only force that can bring about the lifestyle changes and power reallocations that are necessary to prevent terracide.1998, Daniel C. Maguire & Larry L. Rasmussen, Ethics for a Small Planet: New Horizons on Population, Consumption, and Ecology, State University of New York Press (1998), back cover blurb

Origin of terracide

From Latin terra (“the world”) + -cide.

Questions about terracide

What does terracide mean?
Terracide means the destruction of a planet or of natural ecosystems.
What part of speech is terracide?
Terracide is a noun.

Words near terracide in the dictionary

  1. terraceward
  2. terracewards
  3. terracewise
  4. terracework
  5. terraceworks
  6. terracide
  7. terraciform
  8. terracing
  9. terracings
  10. terracotta
  11. Terracotta Army

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