Recent Examples on the WebIn other cases, the autonomy enables the machine to be more precise in performing the job at hand, such as applying herbicide.—Richard Bishop, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024 In parts of California and much of the Great Basin, land owners have declared war on pinyon pines and juniper trees, clearing them from rangelands with chains, bulldozers, saws and herbicides.—Louis Sahagún, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2024 Unfortunately, the plants do not tolerate herbicides or pesticides.—Barb Sands, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2024 Finally, by the mid-1980s and 1990s, unshaded monocultures emerged, which operate like many modern agricultural enterprises: intensively managed with plenty of synthetic fertilizers and herbicides.—Lesley Evans Ogden, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Jan. 2024 The claims rest on the ingredient glyphosate, introduced as a herbicide by Monsanto in 1974, which inhibits a certain enzyme in most plants, preventing them from growing.—Frances Vinall, Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2024 Persistent herbicides such as clopyralid can linger.—Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 25 Jan. 2024 The two groups have begun studying flow patterns in the Connecticut River to learn whether the introduction of marine herbicide could be an effective control measure.—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 17 Jan. 2024 Gypsy says her mother's distaste escalated to the point where Dee Dee would put Roundup, an herbicide, in Laura’s food.—Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 5 Jan. 2024
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Word History
Etymology
Latin herba + International Scientific Vocabulary -cide
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