ENGLISH DICTIONARY

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

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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