ecocide
The complete destruction of an ecosystem due to human activities, such as due to…The complete destruction of an ecosystem due to human activities, such as due to exploitation of resources, nuclear warfare, or the dumping of harmful chemicals.
» If you account for ecocide, 99% of humanity is retarded.
Eccles17 · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)The complete destruction of an ecosystem due to human activities, such as due to exploitation of resources, nuclear warfare, or the dumping of harmful chemicals.
Ökozid, Umweltzerstörung
экоци́дekocíd
екоци́дekocýd
Examples
6 sentencesIf you account for ecocide, 99% of humanity is retarded.
Ecocide is not a form of treasure but a godawful disgrace.
The executive committed ecocide.
People are blind to ecocide.
Did you commit ecocide today?
Translations
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Origin
From eco- + -cide. First used in 1969 by the American plant biologist Arthur Galston to reFrom eco- + -cide. First used in 1969 by the American plant biologist Arthur Galston to refer to the willful destruction of the environment with Agent Orange.
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Forms
plural: ecocidesSynonyms
1 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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