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germicide
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun germicide has 1 sense
- germicide(n = noun.artifact) antimicrobial, antimicrobic, disinfectant - an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease; Array is a kind of agent
has particulars: cetrimide, sodium hypochlorite
Derived form adjective germicidal1
OXFORD DICTIONARY
germicide, n. a substance destroying germs, esp. those causing disease.
Derivative
germicidal adj.
THESAURUS
germicide
aborticide, acaricide, anthelmintic, antibiotic, antiseptic, bactericide, bug bomb, carbamate insecticide, chemosterilant, chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticide, contact poison, defoliant, disinfectant, eradicant, fratricide, fumigant, fumigator, fungicide, genocide, herbicide, homicide, infanticide, insect powder, insecticide, matricide, microbicide, miticide, organic chlorine, organic phosphate insecticide, parricide, patricide, pesticide, poison, rat poison, regicide, roach paste, roach powder, rodenticide, sororicide, stomach poison, suicide, systemic, systemic insecticide, toxic, toxicant, toxin, uxoricide, venin, venom, vermicide, virus, weed killer
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