Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A substance or agent used to kill insects and other arthropods.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which kills insects.
- noun The act of killing insects.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An agent or preparation for destroying insects; an insect powder or spray.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A substance used to kill insects
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a chemical used to kill insects
Etymologies
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Examples
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As any environmentalist can tell you, insecticide is not very nice stuff — especially if you breathe it, which many Third World farmers do as they walk through their fields with backpack sprayers.
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As any environmentalist can tell you, insecticide is not very nice stuff — especially if you breathe it, which many Third World farmers do as they walk through their fields with backpack sprayers.
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Phoxim is a short-term insecticide with a "knock-down" effect.
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For those that don’t know Will – he doesn’t really believe in insecticide, but he and I both agreed this spider was big AND fast enough for the justification for the use of the can of spray.
Understanding Mom | Cleaning. Will 2008
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For those that don’t know Will – he doesn’t really believe in insecticide, but he and I both agreed this spider was big AND fast enough for the justification for the use of the can of spray.
Archive 2008-10-01 Will 2008
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Neonictinoids are inserted into the seed enabling the insecticide, which is water-soluble, to move throughout its system where ultimately the toxicity is transferred to the nectar and pollen.
Dr. Reese Halter: Neonictinoids -- Destroying the Web of Life Dr. Reese Halter 2010
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Neonictinoids are inserted into the seed enabling the insecticide, which is water-soluble, to move throughout its system where ultimately the toxicity is transferred to the nectar and pollen.
Dr. Reese Halter: Neonictinoids -- Destroying the Web of Life Dr. Reese Halter 2010
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I used a pyrethrin based insecticide, which is usually safe for other life forms, excluding insects.
madrigle Diary Entry madrigle 2003
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There is a remedy in the powder known as insecticide, which, however, is very disagreeable upon books and shelves.
The Enemies of Books 1888
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There is a remedy in the powder known as insecticide, which, however, is very disagreeable upon books and shelves.
The Enemies of Books William Blades 1857
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