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biocide

Noun CEFR B1
ˈbaɪəʊsaɪd

Definitions

Any action or substance that can destroy living organisms.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

6 more languages
Catalàbiocida
Suomibiosidi
Gaeilgebithicíd
Nederlandsbiocide
Polskibiocyd
Portuguêsbiocida

Examples

“[T]here is the inability of the Christian world to respond⟳ in any effective way to the destruction of the planet. […] There is this terrible lack of concern⟳ for biocide or geocide. We have⟳ no moral principles to deal⟳ with them. […] Somehow, when I was quite young, I saw⟳ the beginning of biocide and geocide.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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