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Recent Examples of acaricide
This would either be an acaricide — a pesticide that kills ticks and mites, and is found in many pet flea collars and tick medications — or a vaccine that would make the deer more resistant to Lyme disease over time.
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Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 24 Sep. 2025
Repellent can also help, as can treating your yard with acaricides — a type of pesticide focused on ticks and mites.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 6 Oct. 2023
Large-scale habitat control or acaricide (tick-killing) treatment of wildlife, though possible, can be difficult or not cost-effective for homeowners.
—Joyce Sakamoto, Washington Post, 18 June 2018
Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 24 Sep. 2025
Repellent can also help, as can treating your yard with acaricides — a type of pesticide focused on ticks and mites.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 6 Oct. 2023
Large-scale habitat control or acaricide (tick-killing) treatment of wildlife, though possible, can be difficult or not cost-effective for homeowners.
—Joyce Sakamoto, Washington Post, 18 June 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for acaricide
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The inspector found moldy food in the walk-in cooler, drain flies in the dry storage area and insecticide stored on a shelf near some clean dishes.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Mar. 2026
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Adaptation in Latin American mosquitoes Anopheles mosquitoes and the malaria-causing Plasmodium also occur outside Africa, where insecticide resistance is less well-researched.—
Jacob A Tennessen,
The Conversation,
26 Mar. 2026
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Washing cannot guarantee produce will be completely rid of pesticide residue.—
Emma Gometz,
Scientific American,
31 Mar. 2026
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Joshua Stamper, speaking for the department under the pesticide management area, said Minnesota has found itself in a predicament of increasing a practice that is looked on as positive, adding acres of cover crops, yet that increase is met with a reliance on a product deemed unsafe.—
Michael Johnson,
Twin Cities,
30 Mar. 2026
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As an invasive species, Indiana’s Department of Natural Resources recommend cutting medium to larger Callery trees down to the stump and treating them with herbicide.—
John Tufts,
IndyStar,
1 Apr. 2026
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Know your weeds and the herbicides that provide control; make applications as needed.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 Mar. 2026
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The most common was fludioxonil, a fungicide found in nearly 90% of peach and plum samples.—
Allison Palmer,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Mar. 2026
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The fungicide is sprayed on the fruits after harvest to prevent mold.—
Susanne Rust
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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In the 1970s, Claudia Miller, an allergist and environmental scientist, was studying how toxicants affect people in industrial settings and began noticing strange symptoms emerging after certain kinds of chemical exposures.—
Kate Raphael,
Discover Magazine,
23 June 2025
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Then, using a simulation, the team found that the warmth and weight of the sleeping child could increase the off-gassing of the toxicants.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
15 Apr. 2025
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According to a news release, Enviro-Master uses a non-toxic, non-corrosive and food-safe germicide that's dispensed from an electrostatic sprayer, basically the equivalent of a proton pack for germs.—
Slone Terranella,
Detroit Free Press,
3 Dec. 2020
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In addition to enzymes, Burr promoted agricultural innovations in the fields of robotics, sensors and biopesticides.—
Jan Goldsmith,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Sep. 2023
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According to Daniel, charcoal acts as a natural biopesticide, keeping bugs and bacteria away from the plants and allows better airflow between the roots.—
Anna Braz,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Aug. 2023
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“Acaricide.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acaricide. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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