virucidal

1. 1.

   tending to destroy viruses

   Synonymsviricidal

Questions about virucidal

What does virucidal mean?

virucidal means "tending to destroy viruses".

How many syllables are in virucidal?

virucidal has 4 syllables: vi-ru-ci-dal. The stress falls on "ru".

What is another word for virucidal?

Close synonyms include viricidal. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is virucidal a common word?

virucidal is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.