roachicide

English

Etymology

From roach +‎ -icide.

Noun

roachicide (countable and uncountable, plural roachicides)

1. (US) A substance that kills cockroaches.

   Synonyms: blatticide, (rare) cockroachicide

   • 1944 November, William S. Gevurtz, Albert J. Michel, “Medical Experiences on an APD”, in United States Naval Medical Bulletin, volume 43, number 5, page 931:

     Cockroaches cannot be completely eliminated, and only with constant spraying appropriate roachicides will they be kept under control.

   • 1963, Handbook of Economic Entomology for South India, page 98:

     In addition to the common insecticides generally used, various special preparations are known which may be found useful against different kinds of insects, such as roachicides, anticides, culicides, larvicides, etc.

   • 1975, Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act Extension: Hearings Before the Committee on Agriculture; House of Representatives, Ninety-Fourth Congress, First Session, Serial No. 94-O, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, page 528:

     Inadequate availability of termiticides, rodenticides and roachicides in the ghetto may turn our post bicentennial years into a nightmare.

   • 1996, Charley Rosen, The House of Moses All-Stars, Seven Stories Press, page 244:

     High school locker rooms smell from sweat, mildew, roachicide, and pimple cream.