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urbicidal.

Pertaining to or having the nature of urbicide, that being the deliberate “killing” of a city by the razing of distinctive physical manifestations of its urban identity, stifling of the social activity therein, and its general destruction as an edifice of civilisation.

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Meaning & usage

adj/ɜːbɪˈsaɪdəl/Received-Pronunciation
  1. Pertaining to or having the nature of urbicide, that being the deliberate “killing” of a city by the razing of distinctive physical manifestations of its urban identity, stifling of the social activity therein, and its general destruction as an edifice of civilisation.

    not-comparable
  2. Inimical to the vitality of a city.

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

From Latin urb(s) (“city”) + -icidal, literally “city-killing”.

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