weedkiller
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- noun
- /ˈwiːdˌkɪlər/
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- For more than a decade, American farmers have planted corn seed containing modified genes that resist crop disease, combat insect pests, and make weedkiller more effective.
- spray weedkiller
Examples
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Before planting new flowers, it's important to apply a weedkiller to clear the area of weeds.
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This way, we not only sell farmers our seeds, but also massive amounts of our weedkiller too.
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One of those properties is to withstand massive applications of our potent weedkiller.
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American farmers' overuse of the weedkiller Roundup has led to the rapid growth of tenacious new superweeds.
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Farmers often rely on weedkiller to eliminate unwanted plants in their fields.
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The garden store sells several types of weedkiller that are safe for vegetables.
Synonyms
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A chemical used to kill insects and animals that harm crops or spread disease
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A chemical that kills unwanted plants like weeds
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A substance that kills unwanted plants in gardens or on lawns
How Effective
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Weedkiller is simply the two words weed ('an unwanted plant') and killer ('something that kills'), so it literally means something that kills weeds, often a chemical that destroys them or stops them from growing.