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-cide definition

-cide (sīd)

  1. a killer pesticide
  2. a killing genocide

Etymology: < Fr or L; Fr -cide < L -cida < caedere, to cut down, kill < IE base *(s)k(h)ai-, to strike > MDu heien

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