Giganticide

noun

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Definitions

Noun

1
The killing of a giant. countable, uncountable
"As they scarce make a capital crime of infanticide, / There can't be any harm in a little giganticide."
2
One who kills a giant. countable, uncountable
"[…] tore through the briers, and plunged through the punk of trees older than history, now rotting where they fell, slain by Time the Giganticide."

Synonyms

giant killer giant-killer

Example

"As they scarce make a capital crime of infanticide, / There can't be any harm in a little giganticide."

Etymology

From Latin gigāns, gigantis + -cide.

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