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A product that kills or inhibits insects.
Insecticides are pesticides used to kill insects. They include ovicides and larvicides used against insect eggs and larvae, respectively. The major use of insecticides is in agriculture, but they are also used in home and garden settings, industrial buildings, for vector control, and control of insect parasites of animals and humans.


Acaricides, which kill mites and ticks, are not strictly insecticides, but are usually classified together with insecticides. Some insecticides (including common bug sprays) are effective against other non-insect arthropods as well, such as scorpions, spiders, etc. Insecticides are distinct from insect repellents, which repel but do not kill.
English
Etymology
From French insecticide, as insect + -icide.
Pronunciation
Noun
insecticide (countable and uncountable, plural insecticides)
- A substance used to kill insects.
Derived terms
Related terms
- insect
- insecticidal
Translations
Anagrams
- scienticide
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed, probably from English insecticide.
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