Definition of "ecocidal" [ecocidal]

• Destructive of the environment. (adjective)

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• "Climate Change, Hope and the Human Condition, speaks of what he calls our current 'ecocidal' patterns of consumption as addictive and self-destructive."
• "'ecocidal' behaviour has been around for far longer than the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the UN's science body whose recommendations are being discussed in Copenhagen."
• "Previous studies suggest a whole range of ecocidal properties of this chemical soup, from the death of duck embryos to internal bleeding in humans."