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—liberticidal, adj./li berr"teuh suyd'/, n.1. destruction of liberty.2. a person who destroys liberty.[1785-95; LIBERTY + -CIDE]
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liberticide — [ libɛrtisid ] adj. • 1791; de liberté et cide ♦ Littér. Qui détruit la liberté, les libertés. « amener le révolté aux formes les plus liberticides de l action » (Camus). Subst. Un, une liberticide. ● liberticide adjectif Littéraire. Qui détruit… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Liberticide — Lib er*ti*cide (l[i^]b [ e]r*t[i^]*s[imac]d), n. [L. libertas liberty + caedere to kill: cf. (for sense 2) F. liberticide.] 1. The destruction of civil liberty. [1913 Webster] 2. A destroyer of civil liberty. B. F. Wade. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
liberticide — index oppression Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
liberticide — (n.) 1793, from LIBERTY (Cf. liberty) + CIDE (Cf. cide) … Etymology dictionary
liberticide — [li bʉrt′ə sīd΄] n. [Fr: see LIBERTY & CIDE] a destroyer of liberty adj. destroying liberty … English World dictionary
liberticide — 1. adjective Causing the destruction of liberty; oppressive, liberticidal by aſſembling at her houſe, in ſecret council, the principal chiefs of that conſpiracy, and by keeping up a correſpondence tending to facilitate their liberticide deſigns.… … Wiktionary
liberticide — (li bèr ti si d ) adj. Néologisme. Qui attente aux libertés publiques. Ordonnance liberticide. • Projets liberticides, BABOEUF Pièces, I, 95. ÉTYMOLOGIE Lat. libertas, liberté, et caedere, tuer … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
LIBERTICIDE — adj. des deux genres Qui tend à détruire sa liberté … Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)
liberticide — destruction of liberty Killing and Killers … Phrontistery dictionary
liberticide — li·ber·ti·cide … English syllables
