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单词 monstricide
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monstriciden.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin mōnstrum , -icide comb. form2.
Etymology: < classical Latin mōnstrum monster n. + -icide comb. form2. Compare Middle French monstricide monster-slayer (late 16th cent.).
Obsolete.
The killing of a monster.Apparently an isolated use.
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1859 W. M. Thackeray Virginians xxv If Perseus had cut the latter's [sc. the Dragon's] cruel head off he would have committed not unjustifiable monstricide.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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