exterminator
Americannoun
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a person or thing that exterminates.
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a person or business establishment specializing in the elimination of vermin, insects, etc., from a building, apartment, etc., especially by the controlled application of toxic chemicals.
Etymology
Origin of exterminator
From the Late Latin word exterminātor, dating back to 1605–15. See extermine, -ator
Vocabulary lists containing exterminator
Example Sentences
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His other film work included acting in "World Trade Center," "Limitless," "Won't Back Down," "Experimenter," "Asher," "The Exterminator," "The Burning," "Moving Violations," "Air America," "Last Man Standing," "Primary Colors," and "A Civil Action."
From Fox News • Mar. 1, 2022
And if you decide you need a couple more crickets after the rice cricket treat, there will be a cricket eating contest, in which Western Exterminator will donate an additional $10 for each participant.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 5, 2016
There would be no point in hiding or trying to escape, so they sat beside the disabled robot, awaiting the arrival of the Exterminator.
From Nature • Jul. 19, 2016
Walid Smith, of A-List Exterminator, recently caught five raccoons nesting in a roof in East New York.
From New York Times • Jan. 1, 2016
When racing officials offered a fantastic pot of $50,000 for Riddle to pit his colt against Exterminator, the only horse who might have made Man o’ War work for his winnings, Riddle declined.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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