a chemical that destroys micro-organisms but does not remove soils.

A germacide that kills all microorganisms and not just the harmful ones we call germs.

a substance that destroys or eliminates all forms of microbial life in the inanimate environment, including all forms of vegetative bacteria, bacterial spores, fungi, fungal spores, and viruses

a liquid chemical germicide that destroys all forms of microbiological life, including high numbers of resistant bacterial spores.

An agent that kills all types of micro-organisms.

Any agent or chemical that destroys all living organisms in a substance such as soil.