liberticide

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Causing the destruction of liberty

   Causing the destruction of liberty; oppressive, liberticidal

   • […] by aſſembling at her houſe, in ſecret council, the principal chiefs of that conſpiracy, and by keeping up a correſpondence tending to facilitate their liberticide deſigns.
   • The conservative body you propose might be so constituted, as, while it would be an admirable sedative in a variety of smaller cases, might also be a valuable sentinel and check on the liberticide views of an ambitious individual.
   • M. Labriffe is a member of the Chamber of Deputies, and has, of course, voted for the liberticide laws.
2. 2

   The destruction of liberty.

   • All that has been done by the state since the revolt of May is liberticide of the most violent character.
   • In the hands of a designing executive, a standing army was the classic instrument of liberticide.
3. 3

   One who causes the destruction of liberty.

   • Blind, old, and lonely, when his country's pride, / The priest, the slave, and the liberticide / Trampled and mocked with many a loathed rite / Of lust and blood; he went, unterrified, /

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