| -cide suff. 1. Killer: bactericide. 2. Act of killing: ecocide. [Middle English, from Old French (from Latin -c  da, killer) and from Latin -cdium, killing, both from caedere, to strike, kill; see ka -id- in Indo-European roots.] |
-cide
n combining form
1. indicating a person or thing that kills insecticide
2. (Law) indicating a killing; murder homicide
[from Latin -cīda (agent), -cīdium (act), from caedere to kill]
-cidal adj combining form
| -cide A suffix that means "a killer of." It is used to form the names of chemicals that kill a specified organism, such as pesticide, a chemical that kills pests. |
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