vampiricide

English

Etymology

From vampire +‎ -icide.

Noun

vampiricide (countable and uncountable, plural vampiricides)

  1. A substance used to kill vampire bats.
    • 1986, G. Clay Mitchell, “Vampire Bat Control in Latin America”, in Committee on the Applications of Ecological Theory to Environmental Problems, Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council, Ecological Knowledge and Environmental Problem-Solving: Concepts and Case Studies, Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, →ISBN, section II (Selected Case Studies), page 164:
      They [vampire bats] roost extremely close to each other and they groom each other—both characteristics that favor transfer of vampiricides between individuals and that make it unnecessary to treat more than a few members of each roost.
    • 2021 April 15, Manfredo A. Turcios-Casco, Richard K. LaVal, Don E[llis] Wilson, Hefer D. Ávila-Palma, Bats in Time: Historical and Geographic Distribution in Honduras (Occasional Papers; 375), number 375, Lubbock, Tex.: Museum of Texas Tech University, →OCLC, page 16, column 2:
      In addition, and related to the increase in extensive cattle raising, the use of vampiricides—substances that are used to kill vampire bats—also has increased.
    • 2023 April 24, Tonie Rocke, Daniel Streicker, Ariel Leon, “Management of Vampire Bats and Rabies: […]”, in Charles E. Rupprecht, editor, History of Rabies in the Americas: From the Pre-Columbian to the Present, Volume I: Insights to Specific Cross-Cutting Aspects of the Disease in the Americas (Fascinating Life Sciences), Cham: Springer, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 206:
      Despite the widespread use of vampiricide for at least 50 years, astonishingly few investigators have tested whether culling vampire bats reduces rabies virus cases in livestock.
  2. The act of killing a vampire.
    Synonym: vampicide
    • 1977, Rita TheBerge, “Dracula Has Risen from the Grave”, in CinemaTexas Program Notes, Austin, Tex.: CinemaTexas, The Department of Radio/Television/Film, The University of Texas at Austin, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 95:
      Some manuals on the proper method for vampiricide give explicit instructions that this stake be fashioned from the wood identical to that used in Christ's cross (though some debate arises regarding exactly what type of wood that is).
    • 1982, Lester D. Friedman, “The Self-Centered Seventies”, in Hollywood’s Image of the Jew (Ungar Film Library), New York, N.Y.: Frederick Ungar Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 239:
      [Jeffrey] Rosenberg persists in confusing the various means of vampiricide. In one memorable moment, he reaches underneath his shirt to extract an amulet to ward of Dracula’s advances. The audience, as well as the Count, assumes a cross will be forthcoming; instead, Rosenberg brings forth a Star of David, a symbol which has no effect on the bemused Dracula.
    • 2009 October 6, Chloe Neill, “You Give Bite a Bad Name”, in Friday Night Bites (A Chicagoland Vampires Novel; 2), New York, N.Y.: New American Library, →ISBN, page 302:
      He’d nearly been stabbed, and I’d nearly committed vampiricide. That had been the finale in the bustle of our supernaturally busy weeks.
    • 2012 June 5, Kristi Cook, “The Gloaming”, in Mirage (Winterhaven; 2), New York, N.Y.: Simon Pulse, →ISBN, page 341:
      “[…] Is he still MIA?” “Yep, and I’m going to kill him when he shows up again.” […] “Uh-oh, someone better hide her stake. Otherwise, there might be a case of vampiricide. How’s that for a word?”
    • 2015 October 30, Leigh Carroll, “Choices”, in Crimson: A Novel, [Scotts Valley, Calif.]: [CreateSpace], →ISBN, page 497:
      The Tribunal would not have put Niccolaio to death. […] Niccolaio might have been fined, or ordered to another continent, but vampiricide is the only capital crime for vampires.
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