She sprayed pesticide on the flowers.
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Pesticide
//ˈpɛstɪsaɪd//
Synonyms for "pesticide" (93 found)
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Closest matches (19)
Strong matches (28)
Related words (46)
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7 entriesis a
2 entriesreceives action
1 entriesrelated to
11 entriesTranslations
47 translations across 32 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- պեստիցիդ noun (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests)
Bulgarian
1 entries- пестицид noun (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests)
Catalan
2 entries- pesticida noun (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests)
- plaguicida noun (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 除害劑 /除害剂 noun (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 殺蟲劑 /杀虫剂 noun (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests)
- 農藥 /农药 noun (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests)
- 除害劑 /除害剂 noun (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests)
Czech
1 entries- pesticid noun (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests)
Dutch
2 entries- pesticide noun (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests)
- verdelgingsmiddel noun (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests)
Erzya
1 entries- паксьменге noun (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests)
Esperanto
1 entries- pesticido noun (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests)
Estonian
2 entries- pestitsiid noun (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests)
- taimekaitsemürk noun (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests)
Faroese
1 entries- týningarevni noun (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests)
Finnish
1 entries- tuholaismyrkky noun (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests)
French
1 entries- pesticide noun (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests)
Galician
1 entries- pesticida noun (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests)
German
1 entries- Pestizid noun (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests)
Icelandic
3 entries- eyðingarlyf noun (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests)
- plágueyðir noun (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests)
- skordýraeitur noun (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests)
Indonesian
3 entries- pestisida noun (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests)
- racun hama noun (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests)
- racun pembasmi hama noun (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests)
Italian
1 entries- pesticida noun (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests)
Japanese
2 entries- 殺虫剤 noun (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests)
- 農薬 noun (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests)
Malay
2 entries- pestisid noun (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests)
- racun perosak noun (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests)
Polish
1 entries- pestycyd noun (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests)
Portuguese
1 entries- pesticida noun (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests)
Romanian
1 entries- pesticid noun (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests)
Russian
1 entries- пестици́д noun (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- pestìcīd noun (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests)
Spanish
2 entries- pesticida noun (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests)
- plaguicida noun (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests)
Swedish
2 entries- bekämpningsmedel noun (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests)
- pesticid noun (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests)
Tagalog
2 entries- lasonangol noun (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests)
- pestisidyo noun (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests)
Tok Pisin
2 entries- marasin bilong kilim ol binatang noun (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests)
- marasin bilong pinisim ol binatang nogut noun (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests)
Turkish
1 entries- pestisit noun (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests)
Ukrainian
1 entries- пестици́д noun (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests)
Yoruba
1 entries- oògùn apakòkòrò noun (substance used to kill or repress the activities of pests)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
But rainfall increased in 2010. That, along with improved distribution of agricultural inputs, such as seed, fertilizer and pesticide, led to a record harvest. There was also a rebound in pastureland countrywide.
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I'm afraid of heavy pesticide use.
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Responding to pressure from environmental groups and the requirements of regulators, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and a scientific advisory panel have held public hearings on the risks of atrazine, an agricultural pesticide. It's the most commonly used farm chemical in the U.S. and 90 other countries. Atrazine has been banned by the European Union since 2004, and some studies suggest it may be harmful to human health and the environment.
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