germicide
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7.1
- noun
- /ˈdʒɜrmɪˌsaɪd/
- Specialized
:
germicida
- Many households keep a germicide in their cleaning supplies to ensure a safe living environment.
Examples
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The hospital uses a powerful germicide to sanitize all surgical instruments.
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Nine cans of germicide.
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Bald, starving, stinking of germicides.
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He learned of oxidisers, which had been used as a poultry germicide for years.
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Her mouth of germicide Seducing all your glands ♪ ♪
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So, one might naturally imagine that the temperature and radiation levels produced in a nuclear explosion would be the ultimate germicide, atomizing shallow-buried stockpiles of chemical agents before they could disperse into the environment.
Academic text (2003) -
Using a germicide can help prevent the spread of infections in public places.
Synonyms
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3.1
A substance that kills germs on surfaces to stop infection
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2.6
A product that kills germs on hands and surfaces
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4.9
Free from germs and able to kill them
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7.2
A substance that kills germs like bacteria and viruses to prevent infection
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7.2
A chemical that kills all germs and makes things free of bacteria and viruses
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7.5
A chemical that kills harmful living things like bacteria or fungi
A substance that kills or stops the growth of germs that cause disease
A thing like heat, light or a chemical that kills germs and prevents their growth
How Germ-Killing
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7.1
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3.1
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3.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Germicide combines germ ('tiny living thing') and -cide ('to kill'), the same ending you see in pesticide and homicide, so a germicide is something that 'kills germs' and so is used to clean and help stop disease.