Sentence:  A nuclear strike upon the major cities of the western world — Berlin, London, Paris, New York, Washington, D.C., Chicago, Seattle, and many others, will will sic result in a massive thermo-nuclea sic war and throw the world on the verge of annihilation and <WSD>cosmocide</WSD>. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The destruction of planet Earth, especially as a result of human activity.