viricide

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Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
16
Letters
8

Definition of viricide

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. Any substance that destroys or inactivates viruses.
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noun

  1. Any substance that destroys or inactivates viruses.
  2. (uncountable)The act of killing one's husband.
    “The impious Danaides, Grecian ſtories tell, / For barbarous viricide, condemn’d to hell, / Pour ſtreams in leaky tubs for evermore, / Whoſe pervious bottoms ſpout at every pore: […]”

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Etymology

From virus + -icide.

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