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Synonyms for insecticide

Grammar : Noun
Spell : in-sek-tuh-sahyd
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈsɛk təˌsaɪd

Définition of insecticide

Origin :
  • "substance which kills insects," 1865, from insect + -cide.
  • As in herbicide : noun poison
Example sentences :
  • No insecticide can reach an enemy that hides in the trunk of the tree it destroys.
  • Extract from : « Trees Worth Knowing » by Julia Ellen Rogers
  • There is no insecticide that will be effective, because of the underground point of attack.
  • Extract from : « Making a Rose Garden » by Henry H. Saylor
  • Perhaps you hoe between the plants or syringe them with insecticide?
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, May 7, 1919. » by Various
  • The walls should be well washed with some insecticide of this kind.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, Vol. XV., No. 388, June 9, 1883 » by Various
  • Minor uses were in agriculture as a fungicide and insecticide, in vulcanizing rubber, and in the manufacture of gunpowder.
  • Extract from : « The Economic Aspect of Geology » by C. K. Leith
  • They are very liable to attacks from aphides, but the insecticide for pears in pots is good also for plums.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Pears and Plums » by Edward Bartrum
  • The ramparts of insecticide with which he surrounded himself availed nought.
  • Extract from : « Albania » by E. F. Knight
  • He shut off the flow of insecticide and the mass-converter grew silent in the engine room below.
  • Extract from : « Pet Farm » by Roger Dee
  • There are very few data at hand concerning the discovery of the insecticide properties of pyrethrum.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement No. 299 » by Various
  • The celebrated nostrum vended under the name of Insecticide is said to be nothing but benzol.
  • Extract from : « Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I » by Arnold Cooley

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