Recent Examples on the WebLabrador’s office said the FAA didn’t consider low-level flights, which include over 13,000 agricultural flights a year and crop-dusters that spray pesticides or herbicides as low as 10 feet.—Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 7 June 2024 The bad news is that the military has used the mountain to store vast amounts of radioactive herbicide.—Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2024 Drones are cheaper than tractors In hindsight, agriculture was an obvious market, Erickson says, even in the United States, where spraying with herbicides, pesticides, and fertilizers is typically done using large tractors.—IEEE Spectrum, 22 May 2024 The president met there with Lisa Clark, an Air Force veteran who is receiving benefits through the PACT Act because her late husband, Senior Master Sergeant Carl Clark, was exposed to the chemical herbicide Agent Orange during the Vietnam War.—Seung Min Kim, Fortune, 22 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for herbicide
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Etymology
Latin herba + International Scientific Vocabulary -cide
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