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
  • If they’re promptly diagnosed with and treated for Lyme—which generally means two to three weeks of the antibiotic doxycycline—the story often ends there.
    Angela Haupt, Time, 18 June 2025
  • Cortisone, a steroid, is typically used to treat the inflammation from asthma and antibiotic is typically used to treat the bacterial infection.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • And now, the American political divide has turned increasingly violent with political assassinations, assaults, Swatting, online threats, jackboot arrests, armed military in the city streets, and mutually destructive behavior.
    Thomas Cangelosi, Hartford Courant, 27 June 2025
  • His freedom was seen as part of a broader effort to address destructive federal policies, including the Indian boarding-school system, which Peltier was subjected to.
    Nick Estes, New Yorker, 26 June 2025

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“Biocidal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/biocidal. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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