insecticidal
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- adjective
- /ɪnˌsɛk.tɪˈsaɪ.dəl/
- Specialized
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insecticida
- To protect the garden from pests, I used an insecticidal spray that effectively killed aphids.
- insecticidal RNAs
- insecticidal RNAi
- insecticidal crops
I don't deal with leaf hoppers that much so I don't know if there's there's like a super insecticidal soap that may work as well.
- I don't deal with leaf hoppers that much so I don't know if there's there's like a super insecticidal soap that may work as well.
- But the neem oil is actually what coats the coats the beetle itself and can suffocate them much like the insecticidal soap can.
Examples
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They include horticultural oils, insecticidal soaps, and insect growth regulators.
Academic text (1996) -
You can find insecticidal products at most garden centers to help with pest control.
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One advantage of the plant's keeping company with fungi is that some of the colonists have insecticidal properties.
Academic text (2001) -
Sorry, but the UN-OECD Consensus document on the safety of plants expressing insecticidal proteins says otherwise.
Blog text (24) -
Then, in March 1996, they covered the trees with dormant insecticidal oil to kill any insect eggs.
Academic text (1997) -
The first is that the insecticidal gene might harm nontarget insects, including those that prey on the European corn borer itself.
Academic text (1999) -
And when storage practices, like warehouse sanitation, fail to suppress soaring populations, insecticidal sprays and fumigants are often needed.
Academic text (2005) -
Entomologist Wayne Buhler sweeps a soybean field for western corn rootworm adults—another way to scout a field to determine if insecticidal bait is needed.
Academic text (1997) -
The farmer applied insecticidal soap to eliminate the harmful insects on his crops.
Synonyms
Having chemicals that kill insects
Able to kill or control pests such as insects
Compounds
How Lethal
Surface Forms
Morphology
insecticidal = insecticide (transparent) = insect + icide + al
Regular adjective formation from the noun 'insecticide'; the meaning is directly compositional for a learner who knows the base word, with only a minor spelling adjustment before '-al'.
Etymology
The word insecticidal combines insect (small bugs) and the part -cidal meaning 'killing', just like pesticide kills pests. So, insecticidal means 'able to kill insects'.