Killing Words

Not only do humans hav e an inordinate propensity for killing things ...... as y ou will see from this page they also hav e an inordinate propensity for creating words about killing things. Words concerning death, destruction, ex termination and deliberate killing usually end in the prefix -cide . The -cide ending came to us from Middle French and originates in the Latin -cida , from caedere , meaning "to kill". NOT E: While some -cide words refer ex clusiv ely to the act of killing a specific thing or person (e.g. herbicide ); others can refer alternately to the act itself or to the person performing the act (e.g. homicide ).

Words for the killing of one's relations

filicide, prolicide fratricide mariticide matricide parenticide parricide patricide sororicide suicide ux oricide killing of one's offspring killing of one's brother or sister killing of one's husband killing of one's mother killing of one's parent(s) killing of a parent or other close relativ e killing of one's father killing of one's sister killing of oneself killing of one's wife

Words for the killing of other people (Murder)

amicicide Brahminicide, Brahmanicide Christicide episcopicide femicide, gy naecide feticide, foeticide hereticide homicide hospiticide hosticide infanticide modernicide neonaticide philosophicide prenticecide regicide senicide ty rannicide v aticide killing of a friend killing of a Brahmin killing of Christ killing of a bishop killing of a woman killing of a fetus killing of a heretic killing of any human being killing of a guest or a host killing of an enemy killing of an infant killing of a modernist killing of an infant in the first 24 hour of life killing of a philosopher killing of an apprentice killing of a king killing off of old men killing of a ty rant killing of a prophet

Words for the killing of animals

apricide av icide, birdicide bov icide canicide cerv icide ceticide elephanticide felicide gallicide gallinicide hirudicide lupicide macropicide molluscicide muricide ov icide perdricide piscicide raticide rodenticide serpenticide siblicide talpicide tauricide ursicide v accicide v ermicide v erminicide v ulpicide killing of boars killing of birds killing of ox en killing of dogs killing of deer killing of whales killing of elephants killing of cats killing of fowls killing of poultry killing of leeches killing of wolv es killing of kangaroos killing of snails/molluscs killing of shellfish killing of sheep killing of partridges and peafowls killing of fish killing of rats and mice killing of rodents killing of snakes killing of siblings in animal groups killing of shrews killing of bulls killing of bears killing of cattle killing of worms killing of v ermin killing of fox es

Words for the killing of insects

acaricide, miticide adulticide anophelicide, mosquitocide aphidicide, aphicide apicide arachnidicide blatticide cimicide culicide formicide insecticide larv icide killing of mites killing of adult insects killing of mosquitos killing of aphids killing of bees killing of spiders or scorpions killing of cockroaches killing of bedbugs killing of gnats or mosquitos killing of ants killing of insects killing of insect larv ae

lousicide, pediculicide muscicide pesticide pulicide, pulicicide tickicide

killing of lice killing of flies killing of pests killing of fleas killing of ticks

Words for medicines & drugs for killing

amebacide, amebicide, amoebicide anthracocide ascaricide, filaricide, lumbricide bacillicide bactericide, bacteriacide, bacteriocide cy tocide fasciolicide febricide gametocide, plasmodicide, schiconticide germicide globulicide helminthicide, v ermicide microbicide nematocide, nematicide, nemacide ox y uricide parasiticide protozoacide sarcopticide scabicide, scabieticide schistosomacide, schistosomicide spirillicide spirocheticide, spirochaeticide sporozoiticide staphy locide streptococcicide taenicide, taeniacide, teniacide, tenicide treponemicide trichomonacide try panocide, try panosomacide tox icide tuberculocide tumoricide v iricide, v irucide, v iruscide killing of amoebas killing of anthrax killing of roundworms killing of bacilli killing of bacteria killing of cells killing of liv er flukes killing of (reducing) fev er killing of malarial parasites killing of germs killing of blood corpuscles killing of intestinal worms killing of microbes killing of nematode worms killing of ox y uris worms (pinworms) killing of parasites killing of protozoans killing of itch mites killing of scabies killing of blood flukes killing of spirilla bacilli killing of spirochetes bacilli killing of sporozoites killing of staphy lococcus bacilli killing of streptococci bacteria killing of tapeworms killing of parasitic bacteria killing of diarrhea-causing parasites killing of sleeping sickness infection killing of (eradicating) tox ins killing of tuberculosis bacilli killing of cancerous cells killing of v iruses

spermicide, spermatocide, spermatozoicide killing of sperm

Words for killing plant life

algaecide, algicide floricide killing of algae killing of flowers

fungicide herbicide, phy tocide sporicide weedicide

killing of fungi killing of plants killing of fungal spores killing of weeds

Words for miscellaneous killing & destruction

autocide biocide deicide facticide famicide fideicide giganticide legicide liberticide logocide, v erbicide menticide monstricide ov icide parasuicide suitorcide tomecide urbicide utricide killing someone with a motor v ehicle destruction of liv ing organisms killing of a god killing of facts (distorting the truth) destruction of someone's reputation destruction of a faith killing of a giant destruction of laws destruction of liberty destruction of the meaning of words destruction of the mind (brainwashing) killing of a monster killing of eggs mimicking of the act of suicide; deliberate self harm killing of a suitor's chances with a potential mate destruction of books destruction of a city stabbing of an inflated skin v essel in place of killing someone

Words for mass killing & destruction

ecocide ethnocide genocide mundicide onmicide populicide speciocide destruction of the entire natural env ironment destruction of an entire culture destruction of an entire national, ethnic or religious group destruction of the entire world destruction of all liv ing things killing of all people destruction of an entire species (For more violence go to Fighting Words)

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