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-cide

  1. a learned borrowing from Latin meaning 鈥渒颈濒濒别谤,鈥 鈥渁ct of killing,鈥 used in the formation of compound words:

    pesticide, homicide.



-cide

combining form

  1. indicating a person or thing that kills

    insecticide

  2. indicating a killing; murder

    homicide

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

鈥揷颈诲别

  1. A suffix that means 鈥渁 killer of.鈥 It is used to form the names of chemicals that kill a specified organism, such as pesticide, a chemical that kills pests.
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Derived Forms

  • -cidal, combining_form:in_adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of -cide1

late Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin -肠墨诲补 鈥渒颈濒濒别谤,鈥 -肠墨诲颈耻尘 鈥渁ct of killing,鈥 derivatives of caedere 鈥渢o strike, beat, cut down, kill鈥 (in compounds -肠墨诲别谤别 )
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of -cide1

from Latin -肠墨诲补 (agent), -肠墨诲颈耻尘 (act), from caedere to kill
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Example Sentences

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鈥淢exico鈥檚 most important election is taking place on Nov. 5,鈥 said Carlos A. P茅rez Ricart, a professor at Mexican public research center CIDE, referring to the U.S. presidential election.

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Professional gardeners and certified applicators who work in agriculture are at an advantage with chemicals, though, knowing which 鈥渃ide鈥 is the right one and when and where exactly to apply them.

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The stable gained attention because its members would attend Funny Cide鈥檚 races by traveling in a school bus to the track where he was running.

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LEXINGTON, Ky. 鈥 Funny Cide, the 鈥淕utsy Gelding鈥 who became a fan favorite after winning the Kentucky Derby and Preakness in 2003, has died from complications of colic.

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Kentucky Horse Park, the Lexington farm where Funny Cide lived for his final 15 years, confirmed the thoroughbred died Sunday, as did Sackatoga Stable, the group of 10 friends from a small town in upstate New York who owned the gelding.

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