ratsbane
- noun
- Archaic
:
raticida
- The old shed contained a box labeled ratsbane, a dangerous substance once used to control rodent populations.
Examples
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Farmers in the past would sometimes sprinkle ratsbane around barns to keep pests at bay.
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In many Victorian mysteries, ratsbane appears as the poison of choice for sinister plots.
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The farmer used ratsbane to control the rodent population.
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Don't touch that; it's ratsbane!
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Farmers in the past would sometimes sprinkle ratsbane around barns to keep pests at bay.
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The old shed contained a box labeled ratsbane, a dangerous substance once used to control rodent populations.
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In many Victorian mysteries, ratsbane appears as the poison of choice for sinister plots.
Synonyms
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6.6
A white poisonous powder used as rat poison and to make glass
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8.1
A poison used to kill rats or mice
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9.3
A poisonous white powder used to kill pests and make glass
A white poisonous powder used to make glass and kill pests
A white poisonous powder used in glass making and in products that kill pests
A poisonous white powder that people use to make glass and to kill pests or weeds
A drug used to make animals sleep and to poison rodents like rats and mice
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word ratsbane comes from rat and bane, where bane means 'killer' or 'cause of harm'. So ratsbane is 'something that kills rats' and was the name for poisons used to get rid of rats.