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LIBERTICIDE
Etymology
Adjective
liberticide (not comparable)
Causing the destruction of liberty; oppressive, liberticidal
Noun
liberticide (countable and uncountable, plural liberticides)
The destruction of liberty.
One who causes the destruction of liberty.
Source: Wiktionary
Lib"er*ti*cide, n. Etym: [L. libertas liberty + caedere to kill: cf. (for sense 2) F. liberticide.]
1. The destruction of civil liberty.
2. A destroyer of civil liberty. B. F. Wade.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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