virucidal

1 8.8

Able to kill viruses or make them inactive

adjective
/vɪˈruːsaɪdəl/

Specialized

: virucida

Laboratories used special virucidal agents to sterilize their equipment.

Examples

This product is virucidal!
The new disinfectant is highly virucidal and effective against multiple strains.
Proper handwashing with a virucidal soap helps reduce the risk of infection.
The new disinfectant is highly virucidal.
The new cleaner is effective because it has virucidal properties that eliminate harmful viruses.
Using a virucidal spray can help protect surfaces from infectious diseases.
This hand sanitizer is virucidal, ensuring it kills viruses on your hands.

Synonyms

germicidal

vsvirucidal

1 6.8

Able to kill germs or stop them from growing

focuses on destroying or inactivating viruses rather than stopping growth

microbicidal

vsvirucidal

Specialized

1 7.7

Able to kill germs like bacteria and viruses

is limited to destroying or inactivating viruses rather than all microbes

viricidal

vsvirucidal

Specialized

9.6

Can kill or stop viruses

is the same meaning but written in a different form

How Virucidal

virucidal

Specialized

1 8.8

antiviral

Specialized

9 4.1

ineffective

83 3.4

Surface Forms

virucidal positive

Morphology

virucidal = virus (transparent) = virus + cidal

Formed from 'virus' + the adjectival combining suffix '-cidal' meaning 'killing', so the meaning 'capable of destroying viruses' is directly derived.

Etymology

Virucidal combines virus and the ending -cidal, which comes from a Latin root meaning 'to kill' and you can see the same idea in pesticide. So, virucidal means 'killing viruses', which is why a virucidal agent destroys or stops viruses.