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a chemical used to destroy plants or stop plant growth
An herbicide widely used to control weeds.
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Recent Examples of herbicide
The industry claims that there are few alternative herbicides that can be effectively used in the large-scale control of weeds.
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Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 July 2025
Using herbicides early can have the best impact on keeping grasses and weeds from becoming a problem in your flower beds.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 23 July 2025
In particular, herbicides like Monsanto’s Roundup and the spread of agriculture have reduced populations of milkweed plants, the only food source for monarch caterpillars.
—Austin Corona, AZCentral.com, 17 July 2025
This technology is arriving just in time, as growers across the country face a shortage of available workers and weeds that are becoming increasingly resistant to herbicides.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 12 July 2025
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Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 July 2025
Using herbicides early can have the best impact on keeping grasses and weeds from becoming a problem in your flower beds.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 23 July 2025
In particular, herbicides like Monsanto’s Roundup and the spread of agriculture have reduced populations of milkweed plants, the only food source for monarch caterpillars.
—Austin Corona, AZCentral.com, 17 July 2025
This technology is arriving just in time, as growers across the country face a shortage of available workers and weeds that are becoming increasingly resistant to herbicides.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 12 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for herbicide
pesticide
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Habitat loss, wind turbines, pesticide use, and most recently, white nose syndrome – a fungal disease – have all taken a serious toll.—
Anna Tunkova,
CNN Money,
15 Aug. 2025
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Weed customers don’t seem inclined to pay more for cannabis harvested without pesticides, or trimmed by hand, or grown in a celebrated region.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
10 Aug. 2025
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“Herbicide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/herbicide. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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