exterminator
exterminator — noun
- exterminatorsingular
- exterminatorsplural
1. a worker paid to remove unwanted pests such as insects, rats, and mice from buil
a worker paid to remove unwanted pests such as insects, rats, and mice from buildings, usually using chemicals or traps
Nora called an exterminator when she found cockroaches in the kitchen.
collocation: call an exterminator
The exterminator sprayed the basement walls and the ants were gone.
Anjali paid the exterminator two hundred dollars to get rid of the bedbugs.
After the exterminator finished, the Watanabe family could finally sleep without bites.
Tomás became an exterminator after his own flat had a serious mouse problem.
- pest controller
more formal industry term; often used on official service labels
- fumigator
specifically one who uses gas or chemical fumes, narrower than exterminator
用法筆記
Used almost exclusively for a paid professional who handles infestations, not for someone who casually kills a single bug or mouse.