# urbicidal

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ɜːbɪˈsaɪdəl/

## Definitions
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.
2. Inimical to the vitality of a city.

## Etymology
Latin urb(s) (“city”) + English -icidal (literally, “city-killing”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/urbicidal