Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to the killing of insects, or having the property of killing them.
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- adjective of or relating to
insecticide
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to insecticide
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Examples
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Women have a key role in spreading the use of LLINs long-lasting insecticidal nets.
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Abubakar's net is one of 37m free long-lasting insecticidal nets LLINs to have been distributed via mass campaigns in Nigeria as part of an ambitious strategy – led by the Nigerian government and supported by the international donor community – to achieve universal coverage of LLINs in Nigeria by 2010.
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Ninety percent has an herbicide or insecticidal variety.
Ellen Kanner: Meatless Monday: Sustainable Is The New Normal Ellen Kanner 2010
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The decline in malaria deaths occurred during a period in which new drugs and insecticidal spray campaigns were introduced alongside nets; in any case, seasonal diseases such as malaria fluctuate from year to year.
Man Versus Mosquito Sonia Shah 2011
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Spraying fields and swamps is when you get the problems with toxicity to higher organisms and insecticidal resistance, which is obviously bad.
So I hear. 2009
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Ninety percent has an herbicide or insecticidal variety.
Ellen Kanner: Meatless Monday: Sustainable Is The New Normal Ellen Kanner 2010
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Ninety percent has an herbicide or insecticidal variety.
Ellen Kanner: Meatless Monday: Sustainable Is The New Normal Ellen Kanner 2010
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Ninety percent has an herbicide or insecticidal variety.
Ellen Kanner: Meatless Monday: Sustainable Is The New Normal Ellen Kanner 2010
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Ninety percent has an herbicide or insecticidal variety.
Ellen Kanner: Meatless Monday: Sustainable Is The New Normal Ellen Kanner 2010
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The seed contains a gene from a common soil microorganism called Bacillus thuringiensis, or Bt, from which crop biotechnology has been used to mine several genes for making insecticidal proteins.
Monsanto Corn Plant Losing Bug Resistance Scott Kilman 2011
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