Assertion: boric acid | /r/ObjectUse | used as insecticide
Facets:
value: mainly
type: DEGREE
value: routinely
type: TEMPORAL
value: against ants
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: against cockroaches
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: against fleas
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: to eliminate termites
type: PURPOSE
value: to eliminate fleas
type: PURPOSE
value: often
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Boric acid is used as an insecticide, especially to eliminate termites, fleas, ants and roaches.
text: Boric acid can be used in insecticides to kill cockroaches.
text: Boric acid is often used as an insecticide and can be very effective at controlling cockroaches, as well as small ants.
text: Boric acid is used as an insecticide, notably against ants, fleas, and cockroaches.
text: Boric acid is more toxic to insects than to mammals, and is routinely used as an insecticide.
text: Boric Acid is used as an antiseptic for minor burns on cuts as eye drops to treat yeast and fungal infection such as candidacies, as an insecticide for control of cockroaches, termites, fire ants, fleas for manufacturing glass and fiber glass, halogen light bulbs, laboratory glass ware and circuit boards in nuclear power plants to slow down the rate at which fission is occurring.
text: Uses: Boric acid is non-toxic with antibacterial properties, and it is mainly used as an antiseptic agent, acne treatment, preservative, insecticide, pH buffer, swimming pool chemical, flame retardant, and a precursor to many useful chemicals.