giganticide

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noun

The killing of a giant.

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giant-killer
OriginLatin gigāns →
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Meanings

noungiganticide (countable and uncountable, plural giganticides)

plural giganticides

  1. countableuncountableThe killing of a giant.

    As they scarce make a capital crime of infanticide, / There can't be any harm in a little giganticide.

    1864, William Evans Burton, The Cyclopædia of Wit and Humor
  2. countableuncountableOne who kills a giant.

    […] the wonderful tales of the giganticide of old, of the German mythology, and our own rich nursery lore […]

    1887, George Dawson, Georges St Clair, Biographical Lectures
    1 more example

    […] tore through the briers, and plunged through the punk of trees older than history, now rotting where they fell, slain by Time the Giganticide.

    1863, Theodore Winthrop, Life in the Open Air

    Synonyms: giant-killer

Synonyms & antonyms

nounOne who kills a giant.

Similar
giant-killer

Origin

  1. Latingigāns
  2. Englishgiganticide

From Latin gigāns, gigantis + -cide.

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APA

giganticide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/giganticide

MLA

“giganticide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/giganticide. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “giganticide,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/giganticide.

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