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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