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exterminator|ɛkˈstɜːmɪneɪtə(r)| [a. L. exterminātor, agent-n. f. extermināre: see exterminate.] One who or that which exterminates, destroys, or puts an end to.
1611Cotgr., Exterminateur, an exterminator, banisher; destroyer. 1732Hist. Litt. III. 289 He made such a dreadful havoc of the Spaniards, that he was very justly surnamed the Exterminator. 1858Buckle Civiliz. (L.), Simon de Montfort, the exterminator of the Albigenses. |