germicide

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The third time a steady officer walked in on my company, I begged her for a bottle of germicide to clean my cell.

From Slate • May 19, 2025

He grabs a bottle of germicide, sprays it onto a rag, and wipes down the keyboard, mouse, and monitor plugs on one of the thin client computers we paralegals use for legal research.

From Slate • Sep. 17, 2024

A small industry that sells ultraviolet lamps as a germicide has arisen, but experts warn of their potential dangers for humans.

From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2020

Roach devotes careful attention to the design of Apollo’s “fecal bag,” a clumsy receptacle into which germicide had to be manually massaged.

From New York Times • Aug. 7, 2010

She emptied the soap dish, cleaned it, poured in the germicide, and dropped the jade necklace into the liquid.

From The Pagan Madonna by Koerner, W. H. D. (William Henry Dethlef)