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

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