urbicidal

== English == === Etymology === Latin urb(s) (“city”) + English -icidal (literally, “city-killing”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɜːbɪˈsaɪdəl/ === Adjective === urbicidal (not comparable) 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. Inimical to the vitality of a city. 1967: Urban America (Organization), City — volumes 3–4, page 17 (Urban America) The urbicidal effect of the staggering local property tax rates is aggravated by the large amount of property that, for one reason or another, is tax exempt…