The English suffix -cide denotes an act related to killing. From Latin caedere "to cut, kill, hack (at), strike"

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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
• Emocide: suicide by cutting one's wrists
• 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: faking 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)

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