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pes·ti·cide
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-cide
indicating a person or thing that kills -
biocide
a chemical, such as a pesticide, capable of killing living organisms -
chlordecone
a highly toxic pesticide, C 10 H 10 O, causing nerve damage in humans, that is believed to contaminate waterways: no longer widely used. -
cyanogen bromide
a colorless, slightly water-soluble, poisonous, volatile, crystalline solid, BrCN, used chiefly as a fumigant and a pesticide. -
debug
When someone debugs a computer program, they look for the faults in it and correct them so that it will run properly. -
dioxin
a general name for a family of chlorinated hydrocarbons, C 12 H 4 Cl 4 O 2 , typically used to refer to one isomer, TCDD, a by-product of pesticide manufacture: a toxic compound that is carcinogenic and teratogenic in certain animals.