Bugicide

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A substance that kills bugs. countable, uncountable

    "“Tincture of bugicide,” he thought, would occupy an honored place on the shelves of future druggists, for he was a firm believer in the germ theory."

  2. 2
    The killing of a bug. countable, rare, uncountable

    "It turned out that the Roaches were cockroaches and the girl was found guilty of justifiable “bugicide.”"

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"“Tincture of bugicide,” he thought, would occupy an honored place on the shelves of future druggists, for he was a firm believer in the germ theory."

Etymology

From bug + -icide.

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