germicide

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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

Formalin, for′ma-lin, n. a formic aldehyde used as an antiseptic, germicide, or preservative in foods.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various