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biocide

/ˈbaɪəʊsaɪd/ UK
/ˈbaɪoʊsaɪd/ US

noun biocides

countable, uncountable Any action or substance that can destroy living organisms. [T]here is the inability of the Christian world to respond in any effective way to the destruction of the planet. […] There is this terrible lack of concern for biocide or geocide. We have no moral principles to deal with them. […] Somehow, when I was quite young, I saw the beginning of biocide and

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noun any substance that can destroy living organisms

Español	biocida
Português	biocida
Français	biocide
Deutsch	Biozid

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"biocide." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/biocide. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{biocide_2026,
  title = {biocide},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/biocide},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}