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How to pronounce pesticide

IPA transcription: ['pɛstə,saɪd]

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Noun

  • a chemical used to kill pests (as rodents or insects)

Usage examples

  • Many pest insects have been building up an immunity to these pesticides.
  • Additionally, pesticide use negatively impacts colony development and size.
  • Do you worry about pesticides?
  • It is commonly used as a pesticide against slugs, snails, and other gastropods.
  • Do you worry about pesticides?
  • This legislation removed pesticide residue tolerances from Delaney Clause constraints.
  • Triethyl phosphate is also a common intermediate in the manufacture of pesticides.
  • The production of pesticides is an important industry.
  • Cryolite is used as an insecticide and a pesticide.
  • Some bryophytes have been found to produce natural pesticides.