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domicide

noun

Etymology

Coined by J. Douglas Porteous and Sandra E. Smith, from domestic + -cide or domicile + -cide or -icide.

Definitions

  1. The deliberate destruction of a home or homes.

    • Currently, no word exists for the action of destroying peoples’ homes and/or expelling them from their homeland. We suggest the neologism “domicide,” the deliberate destruction of home that causes suffering to its inhabitants.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA