deratizationn.
/diːratʌɪˈzeɪʃən/ The expulsion or extermination of rats.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > pest control > [noun] > extermination of rats
rat-catching1764
rat-hunting1764
rat-killing1764
rat hunt1814
ratting1828
deratization1914
1914 Standard 13 Oct. in Notes & Queries 11th Ser. X. 386 The Board of Trade communication gives a translation of the circular, in the course of which it more than once uses the curious word ‘deratization’, meaning, apparently, the clearing away of rats.
1921 Glasgow Herald 28 May 5 A discussion of ‘Deratisation of Ships at British Ports’.
1929 Stat. Rules & Orders No. 832 (title) The Public Health (Deratisation of Ships) Regulations.
1949 Times 9 Oct. The port health authority's ‘measures against rodents’ include ‘deratization’ and ‘rat-proofing’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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