WEEDKILLER

herbicide, weedkiller, weed killer

(noun) a chemical agent that destroys plants or inhibits their growth

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

weedkiller (countable and uncountable, plural weedkillers)

a chemical agent that destroys unwanted plants (weeds) but not wanted ones (crops etc)

Synonyms

• weedicide

Source: Wiktionary



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4 April 2025

GUILLOTINE

(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”


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Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.

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