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-icide

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++-icide /ɪsaɪd/ (also -cide) suffix [in nouns] KILLsomeone or something that kills a particular person or thing, or the act of killing 杀害者;杀 insecticide (=chemical substance for killing insects) 杀虫剂 suicide (=the act of killing yourself) 自杀-icidal /ɪsaɪdl/ suffix [in adjectives]-icidally /ɪsaɪdl-i/ suffix [in adverbs]
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-icidefratricide
Origin -icide -cide
-icide suffixChinese
person or someone Corpus thing, or a kills that something particular


-icide
-icide /ɪsaɪd/ suffix (also -cide) [in nouns]
 Origin: -cide
someone or something that kills a particular person or thing, or the act of killing:
    insecticide (=chemical substance for killing insects)
    suicide (=the act of killing yourself)
—-icidal /ɪsaɪdl/ suffix [in adjectives]
—-icidally /ɪsaɪdl-i/ suffix [in adverbs]