"culturocide" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: culturocides [plural]
Etymology: culture + -o- + -cide Etymology templates: {{affix|en|culture|-o-|-cide|id3=killing}} culture + -o- + -cide Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} culturocide (countable and uncountable, plural culturocides)
  1. The deliberate destruction of a culture. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: culturcide, culturecide, culturicide

Inflected forms

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