insecticide
Spray for pests
Insecticide is a substance used to kill insects.
The term covers everything from household bug sprays to agricultural chemicals applied to crops.
Insecticides may target specific pests or kill insects broadly, often harming beneficial species alongside harmful ones: The insecticide decimated the bee population.
Plant-based insect toxin
- organophosphatesPhosphorus-based toxic compounds
- pyrethroidsArtificial flower-based pesticides
- DDTBanned chlorinated insecticide
- permethrinSynthetic bug-killing compound
Harmful ingested substance
- hazardousLikely to cause injury
- lethalCausing or capable of death
- carcinogenicCauses cancer
- neurotoxinPoison attacking neural tissue
harmful · contamination · bioaccumulation · exposure · safety · warning · skull-and-crossbones · acute
Dispersed liquid droplets
- foggerVapor-dispensing apparatus
- fumigationDisinfection via airborne chemicals
- aerosolMist in gas
- dustFine settled particles
granules · baits · traps · coils · diffuser · sprayer · dipping · drench
Sudden armed incursion
- mothballsPest-deterrent storage pellets
- pest-controlManaging unwanted organisms
- exterminatorOne who eradicates vermin
- foggerVapor-dispensing apparatus
Gathering mature crops
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- blightPlant disease causing decay
- biopesticideNatural pest control agent
- organicFrom living matter
monoculture · resistance · runoff · drift · food-safety · residue · regulation · EPA
pyrethrin
Plant-based insect toxin
- organophosphatesPhosphorus-based toxic compounds
- pyrethroidsArtificial flower-based pesticides
- DDTBanned chlorinated insecticide
poison
Harmful ingested substance
- hazardousLikely to cause injury
- lethalCausing or capable of death
- carcinogenicCauses cancer
neurotoxin · harmful · contamination · bioaccumulation · exposure · safety · warning · skull-and-crossbones · acute · chronic
spray
Dispersed liquid droplets
- foggerVapor-dispensing apparatus
- fumigationDisinfection via airborne chemicals
- aerosolMist in gas
dust · granules · baits · traps · coils · diffuser · sprayer · dipping · drench · broadcast
raid
Sudden armed incursion
- mothballsPest-deterrent storage pellets
- pest-controlManaging unwanted organisms
- exterminatorOne who eradicates vermin
harvest
Gathering mature crops
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- blightPlant disease causing decay
- biopesticideNatural pest control agent
organic · monoculture · resistance · runoff · drift · food-safety · residue · regulation · EPA · broad-spectrum
mosquitoes
Blood-drinking flying insects
- cockroachesHardy household insect pests
- termitesWood-eating social insects
- antsSocial colony insects
bedbugs · aphids · beetles · caterpillars · flies · wasps · fleas · ticks · locusts · weevils
- chemicalschemicals, compounds, acids, reagents, solutions
- -cide wordsgenocide, fratricide, matricide, regicide, bactericide
- Garden Chemicalsfertilizer, weed killer, bug spray, plant food, lawn food
- pest controlrat trap, mousetrap, exterminator, fumigator, exterminators
- Contaminantspollutants, pollutant, heavy metals, toxin, carcinogen
- garden suppliesrake, planters, hoe, shovel, pots
insecticidemedicine
Curative substance or practice
cure · remedy · therapeutic · antidote · restorative
- insecticide sprayA
- insecticidal soapSoap that kills bugs