The English suffix -cide denotes an act related to killing or death. From Latin caedere
Standard English using -cide
- aborticide killing of a fetus; abortion
- acaricide killer of mites and ticks
- algicide killer of algae
- aphicide killer of aphids
- aphidicide killer of aphids
- avicide killing of birds
- bactericide killer of bacteria
- biocide killing living material
- bovicide slaughter of cattle; one who kills cattle
- ceticide killing of whales and other cetaceans
- deicide destruction or killing of a god
- democide killing by government
- ecocide destruction of the environment
- ethnocide killing an ethnic group
- felicide killing of a cat
- femicide killing of a woman
- feticide killing of a fetus
- filicide killing of one's own child
- floricide killing or killer of flowers
- foeticide killing a fetus
- formicide substance that kills ants
- fratricide killing of one's brother
- fungicide killing of fungus
- genocide killing of a race or ethnic group
- germicide substance that kills germs
- gynaecide killing of women
- herbicide killing of plants
- hereticide killing of heretics
- homicide killing of a human being
- infanticide killing of an infant
- insecticide killing of insects
- larvicide killing of larvae
- liberticide destruction of liberty
- linguicide causing the extinction of a language
- 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
- muscicide substance for killing flies
- ovicide sheep-killing
- ovicide killing insect eggs
- parasiticide killing of parasites
- 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
- politicide killing people for their ideology
- prolicide killing of offspring; killing of the human race
- pulicide flea-killer
- raticide substance or person who kills rats
- regicide killing of a monarch
- rodenticide killing of rodents
- senicide killing of old men
- serpenticide killing or killer of a snake
- silvicide substance that kills trees
- sororicide killing of one's own sister
- speciocide destruction of an entire species
- spermicide killing of sperm
- sporicide killing of spores
- suicide killing of oneself
- taeniacide killing of tapeworms
- tauricide killing or killer of a bull
- trypanocide killing of trypanosomes
- tyrannicide killing or killer of a tyrant
- urbicide destruction of a city
- ursicide killing or killer of a bear
- uxoricide killing of one's own wife
- vaticide killing or killer of a prophet
- verbicide destroying the meaning of a word
- vermicide killing of worms
- vespacide substance or person who kills wasps
- viricide killing of viruses; killing of men or of husbands
- virucide killing of viruses
