bugicide
bugicide noun: a substance that kills bugs.
Noun
bugicide (countable and uncountable, plural bugicides)
- A substance that kills bugs.
- “Tincture of bugicide,” he thought, would occupy an honored place on the shelves of future druggists, for he was a firm believer in the germ theory.1883 January 10, “The Social at the College of Pharmacy—Profs. Cook and Van Derbeck Lecture”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer, volume CVIII, Philadelphia, Pa., page 2, column 4
- From the report of the Department of Agriculture, it is readily observed that many of the firms making insecticides and bugicides are marketing their product with faulty labels and have come under the notice of the government.1914, Monthly Review of the Dairy and Food Division, pages 6–7
- The killing of a bug.
- It turned out that the Roaches were cockroaches and the girl was found guilty of justifiable “bugicide.”1869 December 16, Reading Times, volume XXIV, number 62, Reading, Pa., column 4
- After each bugicide, we listen for the buzz of escapees.1995 July 16, Jan Worth, “A Night Out”, in The Detroit News and Free Press, Detroit, Mich.
Examples of bugicide in a sentence
- Around each bug will be its enemy, the bugicide.1920, National Drug Clerk: The Journal of the National Association of Drug Clerks, page 332, column 2:
- By the time you figure in the cost of fertilizer, fungicides, bugicides, mulch, soil conditioners, equipment and the like, your total cost is outrageous.1994 April 16, “Today’s showplace is tomorrow’s arid wasteland”, in The Item, volume 99, number 181, Sumter, S.C., page 3A:
- Both of us watched in silence as Nosey zoomed to and fro, committing bugicide after bugicide.2005, Ann Halam, Siberia:
Forms of bugicide
| plural | bugicides |
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Origin of bugicide
From bug + -icide.
Questions about bugicide
- What does bugicide mean?
- Bugicide means a substance that kills bugs.
- How do you use bugicide in a sentence?
- Around each bug will be its enemy, the bugicide.
- What part of speech is bugicide?
- Bugicide is a noun.
- What is the plural of bugicide?
- The plural of bugicide is bugicides.
Words near bugicide in the dictionary
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