BACTERIACIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bacteriacide mean? 

• BACTERIACIDE (noun)
  The noun BACTERIACIDE has 1 sense:

1. any chemical agent that destroys bacteria

  Familiarity information: BACTERIACIDE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BACTERIACIDE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any chemical agent that destroys bacteria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

bacteriacide; bactericide

Hypernyms ("bacteriacide" is a kind of...):

chemical; chemical substance (material produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or molecules)