virucide

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A form of viricide — Any substance that destroys or inactivates viruses.

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Meanings

nounvirucide (plural virucides)

plural virucides

  1. alternativeAlternative form of viricide.

    "This leaves nothing to chance," says Maxam. "The surfaces need to be clean for the virucide we spray in the train to be at its most effective."

    2020 November 18, Paul Clifton, “We have always cleaned trains. Now, we are sanitising them”, in Rail, page 32

Synonyms & antonyms

nounan agent (physical or chemical) that inactivates or destroys viruses

Similar
viricide
Broader
agent
Also see
viricide

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Cite this entry
APA

virucide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/virucide

MLA

“virucide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/virucide. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “virucide,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/virucide.

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