As a letter s
is the letter s with a.
As a noun omnicide is
the total extinction of the human species as a result of human action most commonly it refers to human extinction through nuclear warfare, but it can also refer to such extinction through other means such as global anthropogenic ecological catastrophe.
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Letter
The nineteenth letter of the .
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voiceless alveolar fricative
Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.
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omnicide
English
Noun
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The total extinction of the human species as a result of human action. Most commonly it refers to human extinction through nuclear warfare, but it can also refer to such extinction through other means such as global anthropogenic ecological catastrophe.
Related terms
* omnicidal
See also
* genocide
* autogenocide
References
* Somerville, John. 1981. Soviet Marxism and nuclear war : an international debate : from the proceedings of the special colloquium of the XVth World Congress of Philosophy . Greenwood Press. Pg.151
* Goodman, Lisl Marburg and Lee Ann Hoff. 1990. Omnicide: The Nuclear Dilemma . New York: Praeger.
* Landes, Daniel (ed.). 1991. Confronting Omnicide: Jewish Reflections on Weapons of Mass Destruction . Jason Aronson Publishers.