-cide
combining form/saɪd/
/saɪd/
in nouns- the act of killing
- genocide
- homicide
- regicide (= killing a king or queen)
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- a person or thing that kills
- insecticide
Word Originvia French; sense (1) from Latin -cidium; sense (2) from Latin -cida, both from caedere ‘kill’.
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