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terricide

terricide noun: the destruction of ecosystems, human lives, and intangible energies that regulate human and nonhuman life.

Noun

terricide (plural terricides)

  1. The destruction of ecosystems, human lives, and intangible energies that regulate human and nonhuman life.
    • I have served notice to the state that I am withdrawing my support of its program of terricide in every way I can.1983 April 9, Kenneth Hale Wehmann, “Conscientious Resistance”, in Gay Community News, page 5
    • Stuart Elden, for instance, proposes to use the concept of “terricide” to name the damage being inflicted on the living surfaces of the globe.2014, Gastón R. Gordillo, Rubble: The Afterlife of Destruction, Duke University Press, page 83

Forms of terricide

pluralterricides

Origin of terricide

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

Questions about terricide

What does terricide mean?
Terricide means the destruction of ecosystems, human lives, and intangible energies that regulate human and nonhuman life.
What part of speech is terricide?
Terricide is a noun.
What is the plural of terricide?
The plural of terricide is terricides.

Words near terricide in the dictionary

  1. terriblenesses
  2. terribler
  3. terriblest
  4. terribley
  5. terribly
  6. terricide
  7. terricides
  8. Terrick Terrick
  9. Terrick Terrick East
  10. terricole
  11. terricoles

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