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Meaning of biocide | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/ˈbaɪəʊsaɪd/

Definitions

Any action or substance that can destroy living organisms.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Deutsch Biozid
Español biocida
Suomi biosidi
Français biocide
Nederlands biocide
Polski biocyd
Português biocida

Examples

“[T]here is the inability of the Christian world to respond in any effective way to the destruction of the planet. […] There is this terrible lack of concern for biocide or geocide. We have no moral principles to deal with them. […] Somehow, when I was quite young, I saw the beginning of biocide and geocide.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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