pesticide

CEFRC1

/ˈpɛstɪsaɪd/

noun

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noun
A chemical used to kill insects, weeds, or other pests.
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noun
Extra detail
Anything, especially a synthetic substance but also any substance (e.g. sulfur), or virus, bacterium, or other organism, which kills or suppresses the activities of pests.

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Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

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She sprayed pesticide on the flowers.
Too much pesticide was applied and then washed from the fields by rains and surface runoff.
Diluted neem oil can be effective as a pesticide and can control various fungal diseases, such as powdery mildew, on animals and plants.

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Too much pesticide was applied and then washed from the fields by rains and surface runoff.
2001, David McConnell, The Good Earth: Companion Guide, McGraw-Hill Higher Education, →ISBN, page 1.12
“Twelve pesticides commonly applied to citrus groves are slated for study in the project’s plots,” reports Tom S. Bellows, UC Riverside assistant entomologist. They include four acaricides (Morestan, Kelthane, Pictran, Vendex), four thripsicides (Cygon, Carzol, Orthene, Sabadilla), and four scalicides (Parathion, Supracide, Lorsban, Sevin).
1983 May 26, “Pesticide residue effects under study”, in The Californian, volume 25, number 16, Temecula, Calif., page A-11
Pesticide and fertilizer use has been recorded since ancient times, […]
2011, Allan S. Felsot, Pesticides and Health: Myths vs. Realities, page 4
Diluted neem oil can be effective as a pesticide and can control various fungal diseases, such as powdery mildew, on animals and plants.
2013, Meg Stout, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Aquaponic Gardening, →ISBN

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From pest + -i- + -cide.