insecticide
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4.1
- noun
- /ɪnˈsɛktɪˌsaɪd/
- Specialized
:
insecticida
- I mean that through the excessive use of insecticides like DDT... we're inadvertently killing off the spiders' natural source of food.
- insecticide use
- insecticide spraying
- spray insecticides
But, you know, so is spraying insecticides OK?
- But, you know, so is spraying insecticides OK?
- And Marvin said that he applies a, but basically a broad spectrum insecticide as well as fungicide.
- So if you still want to avoid insecticides and weed killers and you want to eat fruits and vegetables, how do you know which non organic options are best?
- So pesticides don't come in insecticides do onto the mosquito Nets and for indoor spraying.
- Essentially organic fibers are plants like cotton that are farmed without pesticides, insecticides, herbicides, you know, harmful chemicals like that.
Examples
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Unlike traps that use insecticides, the pyramid is safe for the environment.
Academic text (1994) -
Newly improved traps and an environmentally friendly, sun-activated insecticide may help spell doom for the Mediterranean fruit fly.
Academic text (1996) -
And so the Against Malaria Foundation provides insecticide treated Nets that save lives.
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But someday we may have varieties that require little or no insecticide to control the borer.
Academic text (1996) -
Other rows, protected by fungus, insecticide, or a combination, look very healthy.
Academic text (1994) -
If I sprayed every day, the sprays worked fine, but using so much insecticide killed too many beneficial insects.
Fiction book (1995) -
"Presently, growers' main defense against the virus is to spray insecticides to kill aphids that transmit it," says Tousignant.
Academic text (1996) -
They squander billions of gallons of water annually, while spreading innumerable poisons and insecticides into the environment.
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The farmer applied insecticide to protect his crops from harmful pests.
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She used insecticide to eliminate the ants that had invaded her kitchen.
Synonyms
108
3.5
A chemical used to kill insects and animals that harm crops or spread disease
22
6.4
A poisonous chemical used to kill insects that is now banned in many countries
3
8.9
A chemical used to kill insects by stopping their nerves from working
1
6.9
A chemical made by people that kills insects and keeps them away from animals and plants
1
9.9
A harmful poison used on crops to kill insects and now banned in many places
1
3.6
A soap solution used to kill small pests on plants like aphids
A man-made chemical in mosquito coils and sprays that kills or repels insects
A man-made chemical used to kill insects on crops
A man made chemical used to kill insects that stays in soil and water for a long time
A poisonous chemical once used to kill insects that is now banned
A powder used to kill insects
A chemical that kills young insects before they become adults, like mosquito larvae
A substance used to kill young insects before they become adults
A product that kills fully grown insects like mosquitoes
How Insecticidal
- Specialized
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4.1
- Specialized
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3.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word insecticide is made from insect and the ending -cide, where -cide means 'to kill' and is the same part you see in pesticide. So an insecticide is a chemical used to kill insects, which explains its modern meaning.