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germicide

[jur-muh-sahyd] / ˈdʒɜr məˌsaɪd /


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The third time a steady officer walked in on my company, I begged her for a bottle of germicide to clean my cell.

From Slate • May 19, 2025

He grabs a bottle of germicide, sprays it onto a rag, and wipes down the keyboard, mouse, and monitor plugs on one of the thin client computers we paralegals use for legal research.

From Slate • Sep. 17, 2024

A small industry that sells ultraviolet lamps as a germicide has arisen, but experts warn of their potential dangers for humans.

From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2020

Roach devotes careful attention to the design of Apollo’s “fecal bag,” a clumsy receptacle into which germicide had to be manually massaged.

From New York Times • Aug. 7, 2010

It was drawn into great skins and hung on tripods in the shaded parts of the billets, and it was then treated with a germicide, tasteless fortunately, carried in little glass capsules.

From Our Army at the Front by Broun, Heywood




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