germicide
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- germicidal adjective
Etymology
Origin of germicide
Example Sentences
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The third time a steady officer walked in on my company, I begged her for a bottle of germicide to clean my cell.
From Slate • May 19, 2025
He grabs a bottle of germicide, sprays it onto a rag, and wipes down the keyboard, mouse, and monitor plugs on one of the thin client computers we paralegals use for legal research.
From Slate • Sep. 17, 2024
A small industry that sells ultraviolet lamps as a germicide has arisen, but experts warn of their potential dangers for humans.
From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2020
Roach devotes careful attention to the design of Apollo’s “fecal bag,” a clumsy receptacle into which germicide had to be manually massaged.
From New York Times • Aug. 7, 2010
It is also claimed that one pound of liquid chlorine is more efficient, as a germicide, than an equal weight of chlorine in the form of bleach.
From Chlorination of Water by Race, Joseph
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