Look up: insecticide

1. insecticide
   see 'pesticide'
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2. Insecticide
   A synthetic or organic chemical used to kill or repel insects. Please use as directed on the label.
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3. Insecticide
   A pesticide compound specifically used to kill or prevent the growth of insects.
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4. Insecticide
   The term 'insecticide' includes all preparations intended for preventing, destroying, repelling or mitigating any member of the class Insecta or allied classes in the phylum Arthropoda.
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5. insecticide
   [n] - a chemical used to kill insects
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6. Insecticide
   A pesticide used to control unwanted insects either in a growing crop or in grain stores and mills.
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7. Insecticide
   A substance that is used to kill garden insect pests. top
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8. insecticide
   Substance intended to kill insects.
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9. Insecticide
   This descriptor is applied to any chemical used to kill insects. See pesticide.
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10. Insecticide
    Kills insects.
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11. Insecticide
    Insecticide: A chemical used specifically to kill or control the growth of insects. Certain insecticides have been banned because of their adverse effects on animals or humans. Dursban (chlorpyrifos) is one that has been banned. Dursban causes weakness, vomiting, diarrhea and other ill effects in ch...
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12. insecticide
    a pesticide employed against insects Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
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13. Insecticide
    In·sec'ti·cide noun [ Insect + Latin caedere to kill.] An agent or preparation for destroying insects; an insect powder. -- In*sec'ti*ci`dal adjective
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14. insecticide
    <pharmacology> A chemical used to kill insects. Insecticides are a type of pesticide. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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15. insecticide
    (in-sek´tĭ-sīd) an agent that kills insects. adj., insectici´dal., adj.
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16. Insecticide
    • (n.) An agent or preparation for destroying insects; an insect powder.
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17. insecticide
    any toxic substance that is used to kill insects. Such substances are used primarily to control pests that infest cultivated plants or to eliminate ... [11 related articles]
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18. insecticide
    insecticide, insecticides 1. One who or that which kills insects, an insect-killer; specifically, a preparation used for destroying insects. 2. The killing of insects. An insecticide is a pesticide used to kill insects in all developmental forms. They include ovicides and larvicides used against th...
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19. insecticide
    Type: Term Pronunciation: in-sek′ti-sīd Definitions: 1. An agent that kills insects.
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20. insecticide
    Any chemical pesticide used to kill insects. Among the most effective insecticides are synthetic organic chemicals such as DDT and dieldrin, which are chlorinated hydrocarbons. These chemicals, however, have proved persistent in the environment and are also poisonous to all animal life, including hum...
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21. Insecticide
    An `insecticide` is a pesticide used against insects. They include ovicides and larvicides used against the eggs and larvae of insects respectively. Insecticides are used in agriculture, medicine, industry and the household. The use of insecticides is believed to be one of the major factors behind t...
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22. Insecticide
    (video game) `Insecticide` is a story-driven action-adventure game by Crackpot Entertainment and published by Gamecock Media Group for Nintendo DS, and Windows. The game takes place in the crime-ridden city of Troi in a world where insects have evolved into the dominate life form and h...
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