Cide Words Have you ever noticed the connection between words like suicide, homicide, genocide, pesticide and fungicide? They all end in -cide, of course, but their meanings are linked too. They all concern death, destruction, extermination and deliberate killing. The -cide ending originates from the Latin word caederemeaning to kill. Remember that next time you consider ordering a glass of cider!

The five examples above are not the only -cide words, however. (Although they are perhaps the most common.) On this page you'll find about 160 such words (almost 200 if you count variant spellings) culled from a variety of dictionaries.

The words below are divided into the following eight categories: Killing One's Relatives, Murdering Other People, Killing Animals, Killing Insects, Medicine (Killing Diseases), Killing Plants, Miscellaneous Killing, and Extreme Killing.

Killing One's RelationsHere are 13 words for killing members of one's family. Generally the word can be used both for the act of killing, and the killer: an uxoricide is one who commits uxoricide.Killing oneselfsuicide, selfcideKilling one's fatherpatricideKilling one's mothermatricideKilling one's parent(s)parenticideKilling one's brotherfratricideKilling one's sistersororicideKilling one's husbandmariticide, viricideKilling one's wifeuxoricideKilling one's son or daughterfilicide, prolicideKilling a close relativeparricideKilling Other People - MurderKilling a man, or any personhomicideKilling a womanfemicide, gynecide, gynaecideKilling an infantinfanticideKilling a fetusaborticide, feticide, foeticideKilling old mensenicideKilling a kingregicideKilling a lord or masterhericideKilling a philosopherphilosophicideKilling a prophet or poetvaticideKilling a czarczaricideKilling a bishopepiscopicideKilling an apprenticeprenticecideKilling a BrahminBrahminicide, BrahmanicideKilling a Spartacus memberSparticideKilling a modernistmodernicideKilling a guest or hosthospiticideKilling a favoritenepoticideKilling a friendambicideKilling an enemyhosticideKilling a heretichereticide, heretocideKilling a tyranttyrannicideKilling of ChristChristicideKilling Animals - SlaughterThere are terms for the killing of many types of animal. Here, in alphabetical order of animal, are 33 such -cide words: Killing of bearsursicideKilling of birdsavicide, birdicideKilling of boarsapricideKilling of bullstauricideKilling of catsfelicideKilling of chickens or turkeysgallinicideKilling of cowsvaccicideKilling of deercervicideKilling of dogscanicideKilling of elephantselephanticideKilling of fishpiscicideKilling of fowlsgallicideKilling of foxvulpicideKilling of goatshiricideKilling of kangaroosmacropocideKilling of leecheshirudicideKilling of micemuricideKilling of molestalpicideKilling of oxenbovicideKilling of partridgesperdricideKilling of poultrypoultrycideKilling of ratsraticideKilling of reptilesherpecide, herpicideKilling of rodentsrodenticideKilling of sealssealicideKilling of serpentsserpenticideKilling of snails/molluscsmolluscacideKilling of sparrowssparrowcideKilling of verminverminicideKilling of whalesceticideKilling of wolveslupidideKilling InsectsKilling of insectsinsecticideKilling of adult insectsadulticide, imagocide, imagicideKilling of insect larvaelarvicideKilling of insect eggsovicideKilling of pestspesticideKilling of antsformicide, formicicideKilling of aphidsaphidicide, aphicideKilling of bedbugscimicideKilling of beesapicideKilling of fleaspulicide, pulicicideKilling of fliesmuscacide, muscicideKilling of gnats or mosquitosculicicide, culicideKilling of licelousicide, pediculicideKilling of mitesacaricide, miticideKilling of mosquitosanophelicide, mosquitocideKilling of spiders or scorpionsarachnidcideKilling of tickstickicideKilling of waspsvespacideMedicines And Drugs That ExterminateIn the same way that fungicide is used to kill fungal spores, there are thousands of medicines and drugs used to kill all manner of bacteria and diseases. The words for such substances often end in -cide, for example: Amebaeamebacide, amebicide, amoebicideAnimal parasitesepizocideAnthraxanthracocideBacillibacillicideBacteriabactericide, bacteriacide, bacteriocideBlood corpusclesglobulicideBlood flukesschistosomacide, schistosomicideCancerous cellstumorcideCellscytocideDiarrhea-causing parasitestrichomonacideFever (reducing fever)febricideGermsgermicideGonorrheagonococcide, gonoccocideIntestinal wormshelminthicide, vermicideLeukocytesleukocide, leucocideMalarial parasitesgametocide, plasmodicide, schizonticideMicrobesmicrobicideNematode wormsnematocide, nematicide, nemacideOxyuris wormsoxyuricideParasitesparasiticideParasitic bacteriatreponemicideProtozoansprotozoacideRoundwormsascaricide, filaricide, lumbricideScabiesscabicide, scabieticideSleeping sickness infectiontrypanocide, trypanosomacideSpermspermicide, spermatocide, spermatozoicideSpirilla bacteriaspirillicideSpirochetes bacteriaspirocheticide, spirochaeticideSporesfungicide, sporicideStaphstaphylocide, staphylococcide, staphylococcicideStreptococci bacteriastreptococcicideTapewormstaenicide, taeniacide, teniacide, tenicideToxinstoxicide, toxinicideTuberculosis bacillituberculocideVirusesviruscide, virucideKilling PlantlifeKilling of algaealgaecide, algicideKilling of flowersfloricideKilling of plantsherbicide, phytocideKilling of weedsweedicideOther Death, Annihilation, and ObliterationKilling a goddeicideKilling of a giantgianticideKilling of a monstermonstricideKilling putrid thingsputricideDestruction of bookstomecideDestroying wordslogocide, verbicideDestruction of a cultureethnocideDestruction of ancient buildings/monumentspetracideDestruction of lawslegicideDestruction of libertyliberticideDestruction of lifebiocideRuining a suitor's chancessuitorcideRuining someone's reputationfamicideKilling the mind (brainwashing)menticideKilling a faithfideicideKilling facts (distorting the truth)facticideKilling someone with a motor vehicleautocideExtreme Death, Killing, Destruction, and ExterminationAnd finally, we've saved the best (or worst) for last. These five words refer to killing on a massive scale: Destruction of everythingonmicideDestruction of the entire worldmundicideDestruction of the natural worldecocideKilling of all peoplepopulicideExtermination of an entire racial, political, or cultural groupgenocide

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