biocidal

adjective

Definition of biocidalnext
as in antibiotic

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Recent Examples of biocidal Developed in partnership with British company Indestructible Paint, the coating consists of that firm's conventional clear gloss resin along with a 2% concentration of a broad-spectrum biocidal agent known as chlorhexidine digluconate (CHX). — Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 23 Apr. 2025 Schuerger’s team is also expanding their tests to see how organisms respond to additional biocidal factors. — National Geographic, 25 Sep. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for biocidal
  1. antibiotic
  2. destructive
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  • That’s thanks to a combination of antibiotic development, scientific understanding and luck.
    — Faye Flam, Scientific American, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Findings could inform future antibiotic research The study examined one family of peptide-producing enzymes.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of antibiotic
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  • What differentiates this wave of sudden wealth syndrome from the dot-com era, DiFuria said, is that people are making money from a technology many consider destructive—including some of the people building it.
    — Molly A. Wallace, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
  • In one memorable scene, Mari takes to a whiteboard to explain the destructive workings of capitalism, a lengthy, potentially didactic exercise that Okamoto transforms into an unexpectedly intimate exchange.
    — Lisa Wong Macabasco, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of destructive

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