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viricide

viricide noun: any substance that destroys or inactivates viruses.

Noun (1)

viricide (plural viricides)

  1. Any substance that destroys or inactivates viruses.

Noun (2)

viricide (uncountable)

  1. The act of killing one's husband.
    • The impious Danaides, Grecian ſtories tell, / For barbarous viricide, condemn’d to hell, / Pour ſtreams in leaky tubs for evermore, / Whoſe pervious bottoms ſpout at every pore: […]1766, [Melchior de Polignac], translated by George Canning, A Translation of Anti-Lucretius, London: […] [F]or the Author; And sold by J. Dodsley, J. Almon, […], →OCLC, page 71

viricide meaning in Tamil

viricide in Tamil

அதிநுண்ணு அழிப்பி, நச்சுரி, நாசினி

Synonyms of viricide

Forms of viricide

pluralviricides
alternative formvirucide
alternative formviruscide

Origin of viricide

From virus + -icide.

From Latin vir + English -icide.

Questions about viricide

What does viricide mean?
Viricide means any substance that destroys or inactivates viruses.
What is viricide in Tamil?
Viricide in Tamil is அதிநுண்ணு அழிப்பி, நச்சுரி, நாசினி. See Viricide meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is viricide?
Viricide is a noun.
What is the plural of viricide?
The plural of viricide is viricides.

Words near viricide in the dictionary

  1. virialized
  2. virializes
  3. virializing
  4. virials
  5. viricidal
  6. viricide
  7. viricides
  8. virid
  9. viridenomycin
  10. viridescence
  11. viridescences

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Adapted from Wiktionary: viricide (page history and authors); viricide (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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