viriciden.1
The slaying of men or of husbands.Apparently an isolated use.
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1766 G. Canning tr. M. de Polignac Anti-Lucretius i. 71 The impious Danaides, Grecian stories tell, For barbarous viricide condemn'd to hell.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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ˈviricide
ˈviricide n.2 a viricidal agent.
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virucide1975
1946 J. R. Porter Bacterial Chem. & Physiol. iv. 225 The ideal disinfectant or viricide has not been discovered.
1970 M. Skinner Old Rectory 2 Who'd bred a virus which no viricide Could cope with.
1981 Appl. & Environmental Microbiol. XLII. 469 The results indicate that CAT may be an effective viricide against poliovirus type 2 in an acid medium.
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