liberticide

[li-bur-tuh-sahyd]

noun

destruction of liberty.
a person who destroys liberty.

Origin of liberticide

First recorded in 1785–95; liberty + -cide

Related formsli·ber·ti·cid·al, adjective

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A guard of Swiss stipendiaries is not enough for the liberticide schemes of the Capets.
History of the Girondists, Volume I
Alphonse de Lamartine

British Dictionary definitions for liberticide

liberticide

noun

a destroyer of freedom
the destruction of freedom

Derived Formsliberticidal, adjective

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Word Origin and History for liberticide

n.

1793, from liberty + -cide.

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A guard of Swiss stipendiaries is not enough for the liberticide schemes of the Capets.

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