II. -icide /ɪsaɪd/
suffix (
also -cide)
[in nouns][
Origin: -cide]
someone or something that kills a particular person or thing, or the act of killing:
insecticide (=chemical substance for killing insects)
suicide (=the act of killing yourself) ► -icidal /ɪsaɪdl/
suffix [in adjectives] ► -icidally /ɪsaɪdl-i/
suffix [in adverbs] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲