Definitions for deicide

deicide de·i·cide

Spelling: [dee-uh-sahyd]
IPA: /ˈdi əˌsaɪd/

Deicide is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 47 anagrams from letters in deicide (cddeeii).

Definitions for deicide

noun

  1. a person who kills a god.
  2. the act of killing a god.

Origin of deicide

1605-15; New Latin deicīda (def 1), deicīdium (def 2), equivalent to Latin dei- (combining form of deus god) + -cīda, -cīdium -cide

Examples for deicide

Guilty of this homicide, and this regicide, and this deicide, confess your guilt to-day.

Jewish persecution had its completion in the ruin of the deicide city.

How real is the pretended power which the deicide chemists are alleged to wield?

She condoned his blasphemies concerning the priests because of his aversion towards the deicide race.

Word Value for deicide
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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