urbiciden.

Brit.

/ˈəːbᵻsʌɪd/, U.S.

/ˈərbəˌsaɪd/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin urbi- , urbs , -cide comb. form².

Etymology: < classical Latin urbi-, alternative stem of urbs city (see urban adj.) + -cide comb. form².

The destruction of a city or its character.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > [noun] > destruction of (character of) town

urbicide1963

1963 Sci. Fantasy June 9 Although he had himself..committed acts of murder, robbery and urbicide, he disliked the senselessness of wars such as this.

1966 Harper's Mag. May 94/1 This fearful instrument of urbicide will be not only the tallest, but unquestionably one of the ugliest buildings in the world.

1972 N.Y. Times 15 Oct. iv. 14 It does no good to speculate at what point real estate becomes art, or history, or a talisman of place. When it does, it enters the public domain. To destroy it is an act of urbicide.

1993 Federal News Service (Nexis) 9 Jan. We have a phenomenon called ‘urbicide’..and the worst example is the town of Sarajevo, which has been under Serbian siege for more than nine months.

2005 M. Tumarkin Traumascapes 5 Bosnian Serb forces..placed Sarajevo under siege, committing what has subsequently been called an act of ‘urbicide’—a deliberate and cold-blooded murder of a city.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	urbicide
释义	urbiciden. Brit. /ˈəːbᵻsʌɪd/, U.S. /ˈərbəˌsaɪd/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin urbi- , urbs , -cide comb. form². Etymology: < classical Latin urbi-, alternative stem of urbs city (see urban adj.) + -cide comb. form². The destruction of a city or its character. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > [noun] > destruction of (character of) town urbicide1963 1963 Sci. Fantasy June 9 Although he had himself..committed acts of murder, robbery and urbicide, he disliked the senselessness of wars such as this. 1966 Harper's Mag. May 94/1 This fearful instrument of urbicide will be not only the tallest, but unquestionably one of the ugliest buildings in the world. 1972 N.Y. Times 15 Oct. iv. 14 It does no good to speculate at what point real estate becomes art, or history, or a talisman of place. When it does, it enters the public domain. To destroy it is an act of urbicide. 1993 Federal News Service (Nexis) 9 Jan. We have a phenomenon called ‘urbicide’..and the worst example is the town of Sarajevo, which has been under Serbian siege for more than nine months. 2005 M. Tumarkin Traumascapes 5 Bosnian Serb forces..placed Sarajevo under siege, committing what has subsequently been called an act of ‘urbicide’—a deliberate and cold-blooded murder of a city. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1963
随便看	purple powder of cassius purple prose purple quartz purple ragwort purple rash purple sandpiper purple saxifrage purple scabious purple sea urchin purple shell purple sin purple snail purple sprouting broccoli purple spurge purple spurrey purple state purple stramonium purple swamphen purple swelling purple trefoil purple urchin purple velvet flower purple water-hen purple waterhen purple whelk