Thesaurus results for PESTICIDE

pesticide

noun

as in poison

a chemical that is used to kill animals or insects that damage plants or crops The family farm has gradually moved away from the use of pesticides.

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Recent Examples of pesticide Avoid harmful gardening practices like using pesticides, removing weeds, and over-tidying, which can harm pollinators. —

Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 8 June 2026 Guests milk goats, walk down hydroponic rows, learn how edible flowers act as pollinators in pesticide-free ecosystems, and sit down for farm-to-table meals meant to spark conversation. —

Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2026 Middle Eastern countries are major providers of petrochemicals used to create fertilizers and pesticides that are essential to produce our food. —

Wayne Winegarden, Oc Register, 7 June 2026 About 30 to 40 percent of your household dust—made up of pesticides, fungal spores, insect fragments, and other contaminants—is tracked in from outside on shoes, clothes, or pets. —

Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for pesticide

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Noun

The rule is simple because the alternative is poison.

— Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2026
Using over-the-counter cold and flu medication to get high is far from a new teenage activity; however, calls to poison control for related overdoses continue to spike year-over-year, according to a new America’s Poison Centers alert.

— Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 12 June 2026