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pesticide

The correct spelling is pesticide.

How to pronounce pesticide

/ˈpɛstɨsaɪd/
noun

IPA: /ˈpɛstɨsaɪd/

Say it like: Pes-tis-ide

The correct spelling is pesticide. 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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Definition

noun

  1. 1.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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