Ecocide Definition
ēkō-sīd, ĕkō-
noun
The destruction of the environment or of ecosystems, as by the use of defoliants or the emission of pollutants.
Webster's New World
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Noun
Singular:
ecocide
Plural:
ecocidesOrigin of Ecocide
The term is said to have been first coined in the mid to late 1960's or early 1970's.
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eco- + -cide
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