pesticide
Anything, especially a synthetic substance but also any substance, or virus,…Anything, especially a synthetic substance but also any substance (e.g. sulfur), or virus, bacterium, or other organism, which kills or suppresses the activities of pests.
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1 senses(countable, uncountable)Anything, especially a synthetic substance but also any substance (e.g. sulfur), or virus, bacterium, or other organism, which kills or suppresses the activities of pests.
Pestizid
пестици́дpesticíd
пестици́дpestycýd
- a chemical used to kill pests (as rodents or insects)
Examples
19 sentencesWhat fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides do you use?
We don't use pesticides like those on our farm.
She sprayed pesticide on the flowers.
I'm afraid of heavy pesticide use.
Some pesticides are highly toxic to bees.
Translations
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Forms
plural: pesticides| Singular | pesticide |
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Word family
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable