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roachicide

roachicide noun: a substance that kills cockroaches.

Noun

roachicide (countable and uncountable, plural roachicides)

  1. (US) A substance that kills cockroaches.
    • Cockroaches cannot be completely eliminated, and only with constant spraying appropriate roachicides will they be kept under control.1944 November, William S. Gevurtz, Albert J. Michel, “Medical Experiences on an APD”, in United States Naval Medical Bulletin, volume 43, number 5, page 931
    • In addition to the common insecticides generally used, various special preparations are known which may be found useful against different kinds of insects, such as roachicides, anticides, culicides, larvicides, etc.1963, Handbook of Economic Entomology for South India, page 98

Examples of roachicide in a sentence

  • Inadequate availability of termiticides, rodenticides and roachicides in the ghetto may turn our post bicentennial years into a nightmare.1975, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Extension: Hearings Before the Committee on Agriculture; House of...
  • High school locker rooms smell from sweat, mildew, roachicide, and pimple cream.1996, Charley Rosen, The House of Moses All-Stars, Seven Stories Press, page 244:

Synonyms of roachicide

Forms of roachicide

pluralroachicides

Origin of roachicide

From roach + -icide.

Questions about roachicide

What does roachicide mean?
Roachicide means a substance that kills cockroaches.
How do you use roachicide in a sentence?
Inadequate availability of termiticides, rodenticides and roachicides in the ghetto may turn our post bicentennial years into a nightmare.
What part of speech is roachicide?
Roachicide is a noun.
What is the plural of roachicide?
The plural of roachicide is roachicides.

Words near roachicide in the dictionary

  1. Roache
  2. roached
  3. roached out
  4. roaches
  5. roaches out
  6. roachicide
  7. roachicides
  8. roachification
  9. roaching
  10. roaching out
  11. roachless

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