exterminator
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.
Origin of exterminator
1Words Nearby exterminator
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
How to use exterminator in a sentence
The change came to the chagrin of unionized gas workers who saw the energy transition as a job exterminator, but have since said they’re in talks with the city about new job outlets for pipefitters in the water industry.
The State of Gloria’s Top Priorities From 2021 | Lisa Halverstadt, Andrew Keatts and MacKenzie Elmer | January 12, 2022 | Voice of San DiegoHire 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-ScienceThe 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 | TimeOne 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 PostDitto the kind of people who let garbage pile up undisposed of (and don't or can't call an exterminator).
And a rubbing alcohol/lavender oil mix works only as a short-term defense to buy time until the exterminator comes.
An exterminator, Dill took a job in Iraq for a company contracted to do pest control on military bases.
Despite having the nickname “the exterminator,” DeLay did not try to exterminate wasteful spending when in power.
But neither supposition proved to be correct, for we presently picked up the “exterminator,” floating near us.
The Island Home | Richard ArcherSometimes 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 FabreThe 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 Huntleyexterminator (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.
Browse