Roachicide
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Roachicide is a noun meaning (US) A substance that kills cockroaches.
Meaning
(US) A substance that kills cockroaches.
Example Sentences
High school locker rooms smell from sweat, mildew, roachicide, and pimple cream.
Cockroaches cannot be completely eliminated, and only with constant spraying appropriate roachicides will they be kept under control.
Inadequate availability of termiticides, rodenticides and roachicides in the ghetto may turn our post bicentennial years into a nightmare.
In addition to the common insecticides generally used, various special preparations are known which may be found useful against different kinds of insects, such as roachicides, anticides, culicides, larvicides, etc.
Word Forms
- roachicides
Synonyms for roachicide
Depending on context, synonyms include blatticide, cockroachicide.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cockroachicide, blatticide, bugicide, rodenticide, formicide, anticide.
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