"mundicidal" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From mundicide + -al. Etymology templates: {{af|en|mundicide|-al}} mundicide + -al Head templates: {{en-adj|?}} mundicidal
  1. World-killing; world-destroying. Related terms: mundicide, mundicidious
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          "ref": "1834, George Hume Weatherhead, A Pedestrian Tour Through France and Italy, page 355:",
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          "ref": "2017 March 14, Cixin Liu, The Three-Body Problem Series: The Three-Body Problem, The Dark Forest, Death's End, Tor Books, →ISBN:",
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