broad-spectrum
See also: broadspectrum
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- Having a wide scope or range of activity (as against pathogens, pests, parasites, or other problems).
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- The most advanced models of neoreactionary social order on earth work like this (Hong Kong and Singapore), combining resilient ethnic traditions with super-dynamic techonomic performance, to produce an open yet self-protective, civilized, socially-tranquil, high-growth enclave of outstanding broad-spectrum functionality.
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edit- broad-spectrum antibiotic
- broad-spectrum herbicides (e.g., glyphosate)
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edithaving a wide scope or range of activity
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