Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The slaughter of a monster.
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Examples
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Dragon in the course of the last five or six days: and if Perseus had cut the latter's cruel head off he would have committed not unjustifiable monstricide.
The Virginians William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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I think Andromeda had been a good deal exposed to the Dragon in the course of the last five or six days: and if Perseus had cut the latter’s cruel head off he would have committed not unjustifiable monstricide.
The Virginians 2006
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