pesticiden.
/ˈpɛstᵻsʌɪd/, U.S. /ˈpɛstəˌsaɪd/ A substance for destroying pests, esp. insects. Also (occasionally): a herbicide. Also figurative.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [noun] > insecticide or pesticide
acaricide1841
pyrethrum1876
benzene hexachloride1884
systemic1893
alphachloralose1894
pyrethrin1896
hexachlorethane1898
pesticide1933
bomb1944
bug juice1944
adulticide1945
miticide1946
chlordane1947
HCH1947
lindane1949
allethrin1950
Pybuthrin1951
isodrin1953
monosulfiram1953
mirex1962
naled1963
propoxur1964
methiocarb1966
carbofuran1968
aldicarb1969
pirimicarb1970
tickicide1971
methoprene1974
the world > life > death > killing > killer of nature > [noun] > herbicide
weedkiller1745
weedicide1897
herbicide1899
algicide1902
algaecide1903
pesticide1933
2,4,5-T1947
silvicide1950
dalapon1953
silvex1954
sterilant1955
simazine?1957
mecoprop1959
propazine1959
diquat1960
TCA1960
picloram1965
propachlor1966
1933 Los Angeles Times 15 Aug. 6/3 George A. Hardy..returned from his free-milling gold claims to report a new and assertedly infallible pesticide for the ‘Old Man of the Sea’, at least one of whom infests practically every mining district of the Southwest.
1934 Times 20 Apr. 22/4 A wide range of rubber chemicals, textile and leather assistants, foundry chemicals, and pesticide products.
1958 Manch. Guardian 13 Sept. 2/5 Chemical weedkillers should generally be regarded only as elements in a management programme, not as specific pesticides to be used when weeds became a nuisance.
1971 Power Farming Mar. 5/1 Shell..recognize that the indiscriminate use of pesticides is highly undesirable.
1995 Daily Tel. 2 May 5/2 The pesticide Aldrin was used to great effect until it was banned in 1989.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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