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The ideational equivalent of genocide. A meme is an idea. Memes are to cultural evolution what genes are to biological evolution, any idea that spreads or doesn't dependent upon culture's evolutionary process. Memocide therefore is any sort of absolute-faith-based fundamentalism, a holy war to eradicate from culture all traces of an idea considered evil by someone whose confidence level in a countervailing idea reaches 100%.
Did my folks like my punk music? Are you kidding? Their response was memocide. If they could, they would have eradicated punk not just from our house but from the universe!
Memocide by Jeremy Sherman June 2, 2008
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Menocide 

Deliberate and systematic extermination or killing of all men and their existence on planet earth.
Woman 1: "I hate him so bad, he totally just dumped me. Damn jerk, he's just like every other guy. They're all the same."
Woman 2: "You know what'll make you feel better? Let's go shopping and then plan a worldwide menocide for brunch, girlfriend."
Menocide by jerk-a-meter February 22, 2010
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menocide 

the systematic killing of members of the male gender
i want to commit menocide..
jeez, me too!

how are you feeling today?
a bit menocidal, honestly.
menocide by maamauu May 9, 2022
The act of killing memes, the most well known case of memecide which is still going on to this day is pewdiepie'e "meme review"
PewDiePie: I'm going to commit memecide
Everyone: NO LET IT LIVE AT LEAST A DAY
when you overdoes on pure uncut memes
Trent: I am going to commit Memecide!
James: Fuck off trent.
The complete eradication of an idea, behavior, belief or ideology from the public consciousness, to the point where it can no longer be taught to new people. "To kill an idea".
Although banning Holocaust denial from social media platforms will likely reduce the influence of that particular toxic idea, as long as people are still able to discuss it in private or public forums, it is a far cry from true memecide.
Memecide by IndigoFenix October 15, 2020