Mundicide

Mundicide was the destruction of a planet or similar celestial object. Various degrees of mundicide occurred throughout history, caused by such things as supernovae, superlasers such as the Galaxy Gun or the Death Stars, gravitational weaponry such as Centerpoint Station, or other superweapons. Some planets, while not completely destroyed, were rendered uninhabitable, such as Caamas and Uphrades. The deliberate destruction of a planet, such as the Destruction of Alderaan, was sometimes comparable to speciecide due to wiping out a significant portion of the planet's population.

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