Caninicide

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The killing of a dog. nonce-word, uncountable

    "The last canine to be hurried to an untimely end was "Prince," the especial pet of the Bones family, and Prince's death proved to be the last straw. As he could not be connected with the chicken-killing, the taking-off of poor Prince was deemed to be unjustifiable caninicide, and Gager will have to take his medicine today for shooting the poor beast."

Synonyms

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canicidedogicide

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"The last canine to be hurried to an untimely end was "Prince," the especial pet of the Bones family, and Prince's death proved to be the last straw. As he could not be connected with the chicken-killing, the taking-off of poor Prince was deemed to be unjustifiable caninicide, and Gager will have to take his medicine today for shooting the poor beast."

Etymology

From canine + -i- + -cide.

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