omnicide

American  

[om-nuh-sahyd] / ˈɒm nəˌsaɪd /

noun

1. the eradication of all life as a result of human activity.

   Nuclear weapons and now climate change confront us with the possibility of omnicide.

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Etymology

Origin of omnicide

First recorded in 1955–60; omni- ( def. ) + -cide ( def. )

Example Sentences

In a 1956 book, the German philosopher Günther Anders described humanity as having become “killable,” and in 1959 theater critic Kenneth Tynan coined the word “omnicide” to denote “the murder of everyone.”

From Salon

Ellsberg was deeply determined to do all he could to help prevent omnicide.

From Salon

"Undiscovered Country" is set in the far future but is grappling with science run amok, a pandemic, information silos and alternate realities, propaganda, right-wing Christian extremism, civil war, cults of personality, authoritarianism, and omnicide.

From Salon

They pled not guilty, maintaining that they had entered the base not to commit a crime but to prevent one: “omnicide”—the destruction of the human race—by nuclear weapons.

From The New Yorker

Swole, bug-out bag, go-cup and omnicide are just a few of the 640 additions to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary added Monday.

From Seattle Times