bibliocide

Etymology

From biblio- + -cide.

bibliocide means synonym of book burning. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 100 out of 100.

Why “bibliocide” is a great word

BIBLIOCIDE — [Noun] The deliberate, systematic destruction of books, especially by burning. From the combining form biblio- (from Ancient Greek βιβλίον (biblíon), meaning "book") + -cide (from Latin -cidium, meaning "killing, slaying"). Unlike biblioclast (which names the destroyer) or censorship (which suppresses ideas through legal or editorial means), bibliocide is the material annihilation of the object itself. It is the pyre of scrolls in Alexandria's courtyard, the brittle black leaves scattering from a Berlin street, the acid eating through the binding until the thought is rendered into mere carbon—a final, violent argument against memory, made in ash and silence.

noun

Synonym of book burning.“In September 1939, special arson squads followed the German army in Poland with the task of burning Jewish synagogues, books, and libraries. What followed was a systematic bibliocide.”