"autocide" meaning in English

See autocide in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: autocides [plural]
Etymology: auto- + -cide Etymology templates: {{confix|en|auto|cide}} auto- + -cide Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} autocide (countable and uncountable, plural autocides)
  1. (agriculture) Control of a pest through propagation of sterile males. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Agriculture, Suicide
    Sense id: en-autocide-en-noun-E9ySw33O Disambiguation of Suicide: 11 39 32 18 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 45 9 4 1 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 42 46 7 3 1 Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle
  2. (bacteriology) A substance produced by a bacterium that is fatal to that bacterium. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Bacteriology, Suicide
    Sense id: en-autocide-en-noun-sRZFoRFR Disambiguation of Suicide: 11 39 32 18 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with auto-, English terms suffixed with -cide Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 45 9 4 1 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 42 46 7 3 1 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with auto-: 30 49 21 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -cide: 30 48 8 10 4 Topics: bacteriology, biology, microbiology, natural-sciences
  3. (obsolete, rare) A suicidal person. Tags: countable, obsolete, rare, uncountable Categories (topical): People, Suicide
    Sense id: en-autocide-en-noun-FM86heY1 Disambiguation of People: 1 39 60 0 0 Disambiguation of Suicide: 11 39 32 18 0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: autocides [plural]
Etymology: auto + -cide; see auto (“automobile”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|auto|cide}} auto + -cide, {{m|en|auto||automobile}} auto (“automobile”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} autocide (countable and uncountable, plural autocides)
  1. An act of suicide committed by crashing a car. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Suicide
    Sense id: en-autocide-en-noun-x-A2UzO~ Disambiguation of Suicide: 11 39 32 18 0
  2. An act of killing someone with an automobile. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-autocide-en-noun-YEvfvDa2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for autocide meaning in English (5.6kB)

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