Germicide

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An agent that kills germs, especially pathogenic microorganisms; a disinfectant.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An agent that kills pathogenic organisms; a disinfectant
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A germicidal agent.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. That which destroys germs; specifically, a substance capable of killing the germs, microbes, or micro-organisms of certain zymotic diseases, as cholera, or used for that purpose.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    agent   
    Hyponym
    sodium hypochlorite    cetrimide   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    antiseptic    bactericide   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    renovator    2-based    disinfect    high-mindedness    mothball   
     
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