roachicide
Noun
A substance that kills cockroaches.
Usage- US usage
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Cockroaches cannot be completely eliminated, and only with constant spraying appropriate roachicides will they be kept under control.
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In addition to the common insecticides generally used, various special preparations are known which may be found useful against different kinds of insects, such as roachicides, anticides, culicides, larvicides, etc.
Inadequate availability of termiticides, rodenticides and roachicides in the ghetto may turn our post bicentennial years into a nightmare.
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High school locker rooms smell from sweat, mildew, roachicide, and pimple cream.
Word forms
roachicides