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Definition of "omnicide" [omnicide]

  • The total extinction of the human species as a result of human action. Most commonly it refers to human extinction through nuclear warfare, but it can also refer to such extinction through other means such as global anthropogenic ecological catastrophe and Lethargica (noun)

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Use "omnicide" in a sentence
  • "If we realize that genocide and, what many experts are calling omnicide – eventual human extinction by human action - is taking place?"
  • "Ecocide, or perhaps biocide, or perhaps omnicide, would be an act exterminating not just all humans, but the entire circle of life on planet earth itself."
  • "But if we aspire now to equal the imagination and the will of Petr Ginz, and if we endeavor now to complete the mission on which Ilan Ramon embarked, then -- even if another great holocaust comes and even if despite all our struggles it brings to our fair planet not just genocide but specicide or omnicide -- we still can."
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