topocide

English

Etymology

From topo- +‎ -cide, coined by Douglas Porteous.

Noun

topocide (uncountable)

  1. The annihilation of a place.
    • 2009, Christina E. Dando, “Deathscapes, Topocide, Domicide The Plains in Contemporary Print Media”, in Great Plains Quarterly‎[1], volume 29, number 2, page 95:
      But topocide distances the destruction from the myriad of emotions tied to places, particularly those places that we strongly associate with, such as home.

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