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weedkiller
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
weedkiller
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ An effective control is to paint each emerging shoot with neat weedkiller.
▪ But do read the directions carefully to ensure you're using the correct weedkiller in the right way.
▪ I've got enough weedkiller there to finish off half Hereford.
▪ Obvious sponsors might be seed merchants or weedkiller manufacturers.
▪ Presently the old lady came towards him, entered the shed and sniffed knowledgeably at a tin of weedkiller.
▪ You know the danger in weedkiller, but what about the weeds?
Wiktionary
weedkiller

alt. a chemical agent that destroys unwanted plants (weeds) but not wanted ones (crops etc) n. a chemical agent that destroys unwanted plants (weeds) but not wanted ones (crops etc)

WordNet
weedkiller

n. a chemical agent that destroys plants or inhibits their growth [syn: herbicide, weed killer]

Usage examples of "weedkiller".

Hospital, the liquid was found to contain elements of a common weedkiller and a tiny proportion of a liquidised slug pellet.

On this particular night Mr Bullett-Finch was deep in a chapter on hormone weedkillers when the lights went out.

Shambling, clicking crabs, the helicopter keeping pace with them, barely ten feet above them, spraying them with paraquat weedkiller the whole tune.

He examined the boxes of washing soda, the bags of white sugar, the cans of weedkiller, the drum of red oxide and the range of other sundry items.