exterminator

[ ik-stur-muh-ney-ter ]

/ ɪkˈstɜr məˌneɪ tər /

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noun

a person or thing that exterminates.

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.

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Origin of exterminator

From the Late Latin word exterminātor, dating back to 1605–15. See extermine, -ator

Words nearby exterminator

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How to use exterminator in a sentence

Hire a licensed exterminator to inspect the house and provide appropriate treatment.
Is your house safe? Use this checklist to find out.|Jean Feingold|September 7, 2021|Popular-Science
The Brooklyn-born son of an exterminator and a housewife, Schumer at 14 got a job running a mimeograph machine for a neighbor whose tutoring business helped students prepare for the SAT.
The Great Kibitzer: How Chuck Schumer Got the Senate Moving Again|Molly Ball|September 2, 2021|Time
One person replied saying they called exterminators, convinced they were suffering from bed bugs.
Oak-mite bites: Cicadas may have left D.C. region an itchy gift|Ellie Silverman|July 30, 2021|Washington Post
Ditto the kind of people who let garbage pile up undisposed of (and don't or can't call an exterminator).
What Does it Mean to Be Poor?|Megan McArdle|September 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST

And a rubbing alcohol/lavender oil mix works only as a short-term defense to buy time until the exterminator comes.
Vigilante Bedbug Exterminators|Brian Ries|August 27, 2010|DAILY BEAST
An exterminator, Dill took a job in Iraq for a company contracted to do pest control on military bases.
The War's Quiet Scandal|ProPublica|February 25, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Despite having the nickname “the exterminator,” DeLay did not try to exterminate wasteful spending when in power.
He's Back!|John Avlon|March 8, 2009|DAILY BEAST
But neither supposition proved to be correct, for we presently picked up the “exterminator,” floating near us.
The Island Home|Richard Archer
Sometimes they are enemies who must be immolated to Mars the exterminator.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 5 (of 10)|Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
When the master takes us to kill the snails in the box borders, I do not always scrupulously fulfil my office as an exterminator.
The Life of the Fly|J. Henri Fabre
The latter require the services of an exterminator or some one skilled in the use of hydrocyanic acid gas.
If You're Going to Live in the Country|Thomas H. Ormsbee and Richmond Huntley
Exterminator (The), Montbars, chief of a set of filibusters in the seventeenth century.
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1|The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D.

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