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Definition of -cide combining form from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

-cide

combining form

NAmE//saɪd//

(in nouns)

1the act of killing suicide genocide

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2a person or thing that kills insecticide

-cidal

NAmE//ˈsaɪdl//

(in adjectives)

homicidalSee -cide in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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