Definition of exterminator - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

pest controlperson who kills pests professionally

The exterminator arrived to deal with the ant infestation.

pest controller

destructionagent that completely destroys something

The virus acted as an exterminator of the old software.

annihilator

destroyer

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Origin of exterminator

Latin, exterminare (to drive out)

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terminator

exterminator

person who exterminates pests

Examples of exterminator in a sentence

An exterminator was needed to handle the rodent issue.
The exterminator of pests saved the crops.
He was seen as the exterminator of corruption in the city.

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French:exterminateur, destructeur, ...
German:Kammerjäger, Vernichter, ...
Italian:disinfestatore, sterminatore, ...
Spanish:exterminador, destructor, ...
Portuguese:exterminador, ...
Chinese:灭虫员, 毁灭者, ...
Japanese:害虫駆除業者, 駆除剤, ...
Arabic:مُبِيد حَشَرِيّ, مُبِيد, ...
Hebrew:מַדְבִּיר, מַשְׁמִיד, ...
Russian:дезинсектор, уничтожитель, ...
Ukrainian:дезінсектор, знищувач, ...
Hindi:कीट नियंत्रक, विनाशक, ...
Bengali:কীটনাশক কর্মী, এক্সটারমিনেটর, ...
Catalan:exterminador de plagues, exterminador, ...
Czech:deratizátor, likvidátor, ...
Danish:skadedyrsbekæmper, udrydder, ...
Dutch:ongediertebestrijder, uitroeier, ...
Greek:απεντομωτής, καταστροφέας, ...
Hungarian:kártevőirtó, megsemmisítő, ...
Khmer:អ្នកកម្ចាត់សត្វល្អិតចង្រៃ, អ្នកកម្ទេច, ...
Korean:해충 방제 전문가, 파괴자, ...
Persian:متخصص دفع آفات, نابودگر, ...
Polish:dezynsektor, eksterminator, ...
Portuguese (BR):exterminador, ...
Romanian:exterminator, distrugător, ...
Swedish:skadedjursbekämpare, ...
Thai:ผู้กำจัดแมลง, ตัวทำลายล้าง, ...
Turkish:haşere kontrol uzmanı, yok edici, ...
Vietnamese:thợ diệt côn trùng, tác nhân tiêu diệt, ...

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