insecticide
pronunciation
How to pronounce insecticide in British English:
UK [ɪnˈsektɪsaɪd]
How to pronounce insecticide in American English:
US [ɪnˈsektɪsaɪd]
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- Noun:
- a chemical used to kill insects
Word Origin
- insecticide (n.)
- "substance which kills insects," 1865, from insect + -cide.
Example
- 1. Conventionally grown heads may be subjected to insecticide spray to avoid pest infestation .
- 2. In areas where insecticide is not sprayed , mosquitoes without the resistance gene do better .
- 3. The problem , of course , is to find an insecticide that kills only the elderly .
- 4. In a recent study , researchers in west africa have shown that spraying insecticide indoors can greatly reduce malaria transmission .
- 5. Suppose most of them are sensitive to insecticide , but a few harbor a version of a gene that confers resistance .