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topocide

topocide noun: the annihilation of a place.

Noun

topocide (uncountable)

  1. The annihilation of a place.
    • But topocide distances the destruction from the myriad of emotions tied to places, particularly those places that we strongly associate with, such as home.2009, Christina E. Dando, “Deathscapes, Topocide, Domicide The Plains in Contemporary Print Media”, in Great Plains Quarterly, volume 29, number 2, page 95

Origin of topocide

From topo- + -cide, coined by Douglas Porteous.

Words formed from topocide

Questions about topocide

What does topocide mean?
Topocide means the annihilation of a place.
What part of speech is topocide?
Topocide is a noun.

Words near topocide in the dictionary

  1. topocentrically
  2. topochemical
  3. topochemically
  4. topochemistry
  5. topocidal
  6. topocide
  7. Topock
  8. topoclimate
  9. topoclimates
  10. topoclimatic
  11. topoclimatical

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