dogicide

plural dogicides · alternative doggicide

1. countablenonce worduncountableThe killing of a dog.

   Chief Inspector Z. Clegg was a fine, upstanding dogcop. His long snout and extra-rich sense of smell had sniffed out a whole batch of homicides and dogicides.

   1995, Jeff Noon, Pollen, New York: Crown Publishers, →ISBN, page 26

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   HORRIBLE CASE OF DOGICIDE―WE were informed the neighbourhood of the Isle of Dogs was thrown into a state of considerable excitement yesterday afternoon, at about 22 minutes past 3, by a report relative to that distinguished ornament to his species (the canine), familiarly known as the Fireman's dog Billy, who it was said had come by his death—or rather, that death had come by and overtaken him—in a very dreadful manner.

   1849, Punch, volume 17, London, page 94

   Tudor watched the operation reproachfully, the girls giggled behind their hands and Don's expression, to put the kindliest interpretation upon it, was rage suffused with despair spread thinly over a boiling caldron of desire to commit wificide and dogicide.

   1955, Betty MacDonald, Onions in the Stew, Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott & Co, page 36

   When you walk your dog, do you have a ton of whale on the end of the leash? Do you fear he'll be a victim of accidental "dogicide" because he can't resist chasing a passing car?

   1969 November 29, Better Homes and Gardens, volume 47, number 11, page 46

   Synonyms: canicide, caninicide