"omnicide" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-omnicide.wav Forms: omnicides [plural]
Etymology: From omni- (“all”) + -cide (“killing; killer”). Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|omni|gloss1=all}} omni- (“all”) +, {{affix|en|-cide|gloss1=killing; killer|nocat=1}} -cide (“killing; killer”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} omnicide (countable and uncountable, plural omnicides)
  1. (countable and uncountable) The total extinction of the human species as a result of human action. Most commonly it refers to human extinction through nuclear warfare, but it can also refer to such extinction through other means such as global anthropogenic ecological catastrophe. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (total extinction): omnicide [masculine] (French), омници́д (omnicíd) [masculine] (Russian)
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  2. (countable, rare) Someone or something that causes total destruction. Tags: countable, rare
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: omnicidal, genocide, autogenocide, speciecide
Categories (other): Death Disambiguation of Death: 0 0

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