biocidal

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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
Adjective
  • Could problems like climate change, antibiotic resistance, plastic pollution, and the biodiversity crisis be closer to solution?
    Scott Montgomery, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The dermatologist will wash away any remaining blood on the skin and apply an antibiotic cream to help prevent infection.
    Carley Millhone, Health, 9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • After my long flight home, I was relieved that the late-night visitor turned out to be nothing more than city workers on the job (and their job in this case, while surprising, didn't turn out to be too destructive).
    Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Just two days later, Tropical Storm Chantal triggered destructive and deadly floods in a narrow strip of North Carolina.
    Chris Dolce, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Biocidal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/biocidal. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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