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{{Table_Suffixes}} The English language English affix suffix '''-cide''' denotes an act related to killing. From Latin Latin verbs caedere "to cut, kill, hack (at), strike" __NOTOC__ {{compactTOC2}}

A
* Acaricide: killer of mites and ticks * Algicide: killer of algae * Androcide: killing of men * Aphicide, aphidicide: killer of aphids * Avicide: killing of birds

B
* Bactericide: killer of bacteria * Biocide: killing living material * Bovicide: slaughter of cattle

C
* Canicide: killing of dogs * Ceticide: killing of whales and other cetaceans * Cybercide: killing of a computer or network, or a computer game personality, etc.

D
* Deicide: destruction or killing of a god * Democide: killing by government

E
* Ecocide: destruction of the environment * Ethnocide: killing an ethnic group

F
* Felicide: killing of a cat * Femicide: killing of a woman * Feticide/Foeticide: killing of a fetus * Filicide: killing of one's own child * Floricide: killing of flowers * Formicide: substance that kills ants * Fratricide: killing of one's brother (Also used to designate Friendly fire) * Fungicide: killing of fungus or a substance which performs this function

G
* Genocide: killing of a race or ethnic group * Germicide: substance that kills germs * Gynaecide, gynecide: killing of women

H
* Herbicide: killing of plants or a substance which performs this function * Homicide: killing of another human being

I
* Infanticide: killing of an infant. * Insecticide: killing of insects or a substance which performs this function

L
* Larvicide: killing of larvae * Liberticide: destruction of liberty * Linguicide: causing the extinction of a language

M
* Mariticide: killing or killer of one's husband * Matricide: killing of one's mother * Menticide: reduction of mind by psychological pressure * Molluscicide: killing of mollusks or a substance which performs this function * Muscicide: substance for killing flies

O
* Omnicide: destruction of a species (literally, of everything) * Ovicide: killing eggs

P
* Parasuicide: harmful act appearing to be an attempt at suicide * Parenticide: killing or killer of one's parents * Parricide: killing of parent or close relative * Patricide: killing of one's father * Pesticide: killing of pests or a substance which performs this function * Politicide: killing people for their ideology * Prolicide: killing of offspring; killing of the human race * Pseudocide: feigning one's suicide * Pulicide: a substance for killing fleas

R
* Regicide: killing of a monarch * Rodenticide: killing of rodents or a substance which performs this function

S
* Senicide: killing of old men * Serpenticide: killing of snakes or a substance which performs this function * Silvicide: Killing of trees or a substance that kills trees * Sororicide: killing of one's own sister * Spermicide: killing of sperm; chemical that kills sperm * Sporicide: killing of spores * Suicide: killing of oneself

T
* Taeniacide: a substance for killing of tapeworms * Trypanocide: a substance for killing of trypanosomes * Tyrannicide: killing of a tyrant

U
* Urbicide: destruction of a city * Uxoricide: killing of one's own wife

V
* Verbicide: destroying the meaning of a word * Vermicide: killing of worms * Vespacide: killing of wasps or a substance which performs this function * Viricide: killing of viruses; killing of men or of husbands * Virucide: killing of viruses

X-Z
* Xenocide: destruction of an entire sentient species (coined by Orson Scott Card) Category:Death cide Category:Latin suffixes cide Category:Suffixes cide

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