Ecocide Definition

ēkō-sīd, ĕkō-
noun
The destruction of the environment or of ecosystems, as by the use of defoliants or the emission of pollutants.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Ecocide

Noun

Singular:
ecocide
Plural:
ecocides

Origin of Ecocide

  • The term is said to have been first coined in the mid to late 1960's or early 1970's.

    From Wiktionary

  • eco- +‎ -cide

    From Wiktionary

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