ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Viricide

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Viricide is a noun meaning (medicine) Any substance that destroys or inactivates viruses.

Meaning

(medicine) Any substance that destroys or inactivates viruses.

More Meanings

  1. The act of killing one's husband.

Example Sentences

The impious Danaides, Grecian ſtories tell, / For barbarous viricide, condemn’d to hell, / Pour ſtreams in leaky tubs for evermore, / Whoſe pervious bottoms ſpout at every pore: […]

Word Forms

Synonyms for viricide

Depending on context, synonyms include husbandicide, mariticide, virucide.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include virucide, viruscide, viracide, virostatic, disinfectant, verminicide.

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