liberticide

[ li-bur-tuh-sahyd ]

/ lɪˈbɜr təˌsaɪd /

noun

destruction of liberty.

a person who destroys liberty.

Nearby words

Origin of liberticide

First recorded in 1785–95; liberty + -cide

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

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Examples from the Web for liberticide

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

/ (lɪˈbɜːtɪˌsaɪd) /

noun

a destroyer of freedom

the destruction of freedom

Derived Formsliberticidal, adjective

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Word Origin and History for liberticide

liberticide

1793, from liberty + -cide.