PESTICIDE
pesticide
(noun) a chemical used to kill pests (as rodents or insects)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
pesticide (plural pesticides)
Anything, especially a synthetic substance but also any substance (e.g. sulfur), or virus, bacterium, or other organism, which kills or suppresses the activities of pests.
Anagrams
• septicide
Source: Wiktionary
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