noun. A substance or agent used to kill insects and other arthropods.

noun. The act of killing insects.

noun. One who or that which kills insects.

noun. An agent or preparation for destroying insects; an insect powder or spray.

noun. A substance used to kill insects

noun. a chemical used to kill insects

"As any environmentalist can tell you, insecticide is not very nice stuff — especially if you breathe it, which many Third World farmers do as they walk through their fields with backpack sprayers."

bollene insecticide  

insect  insecticidal  

pesticide  

DDT  Malathion  Paris green  dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane  larvacide  

additive  aerosol  antibiotic  carcinogen  catalyst  

aborticide  acaricide  anthelmintic  antibiotic  antiseptic