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roachicide en · NOUN

Etymology

From roach + -icide.

Meanings

1. (US, countable, uncountable) A substance that kills cockroaches.
   • Cockroaches cannot be completely eliminated, and only with constant spraying appropriate roachicides will they be kept under control. 1944 November, William S. Gevurtz, Albert J. Michel, “Medical Experiences on an APD”, in United States Naval Medical Bulletin, volume 43, number 5, page 931:
   • 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. 1963, Handbook of Economic Entomology for South India, page 98:
   • High school locker rooms smell from sweat, mildew, roachicide, and pimple cream. 1996, Charley Rosen, The House of Moses All-Stars, Seven Stories Press, page 244:
   • Inadequate availability of termiticides, rodenticides and roachicides in the ghetto may turn our post bicentennial years into a nightmare. 1975, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Extension: Hearings Before the Committee on Agriculture; House of Representatives, Ninety-Fourth Congress, First Session, Serial No. 94-O, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, page 528:

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Synonyms

cockroachicide · blatticide