| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Corrupt | change ("broken to pieces") from good to bad; vicious |
| Disrupt | break apart; cause disorder |
| Erupt | burst or break out |
| Incorruptible | inflexibly honest; incapable of being corrupted or bribed |
| Interrupt | break into or between; hinder; stop |
| Rupture | 1. breaking; break, 2. Hostility |
| RUPT | break, burst |
| CIDE | "killing," "killer" |
| Biocide | substance that destroys living microorganisms |
| Fratricide | act of killing one's brother |
| Genocide | deliberate extermination of a racial or cultural group |
| Germicide | substance that kills germs |
| Herbicide | substance that kills plants |
| Homicide | killing of one human being by another |
| Infanticide | act of killing an infant |
| Matricide | act of killing one's mother |
| Patricide | act of killing one's father |
| Pesticide | substance that kills rats, insects, etc. |
| Regicide | act of killing a king |
| Sorrocide | act of killing one's sister |
| Suicide | act of killing one's self |
| Tyrannicide | act of killing a tyrant/dictator |
| STRICT/STRING | bind, draw tight |
| Astringent | a substance that causes the contraction of body tissues, typically used to protect the skin and to reduce bleeding from minor abrasions |
| Constrict | draw together; render narrower; shrink |
| Restrict | keep within limits (literally, "keep back"); confine |
| Stricture | adverse criticism (literally, "tightening"); censure |
| Stringent | strict (literally, "binding tight"); rigid; severe |
| Unrestricted | 1. Not confined within bounds; free; 2. Open to all |
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