omnicide

noun

Etymology

From omni- (“all”) + -cide (“killing; killer”).

Definitions

  1. The total extinction of the human species as a result of human action. Most commonly it…

    The total extinction of the human species as a result of human action. Most commonly it refers to human extinction through nuclear warfare, but it can also refer to such extinction through other means such as global anthropogenic ecological catastrophe.

  2. Someone or something that causes total destruction.

    • [T]hese ‘super-bombs’ shatter a civilisation’s own planet but ‘the nuclear jets from the explosion could even activate their Sun, transforming it into a giant hydrogen bomb’. Perhaps supernovas are twinkling omnicides in the sky.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for omnicide. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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