exterminatorn.

/ɛkˈstəːmɪneɪtə/

Etymology: < Latin exterminātor, agent-noun < extermināre : see exterminate v.

1. One who or that which exterminates, destroys, or puts an end to.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > utter destruction or annihilation > one who annihilates

extinguisher1562

expungerc1611

exterminator1611

annihilator1666

decreator1678

blotter out1827

exterminatrix1880

exterminatress1891

liquidator1949

zapper1969

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Exterminateur, an exterminator, banisher; destroyer.

1732 A. Bower Historia Litteraria 3 289 He made such a dreadful havoc of the Spaniards, that he was very justly surnamed the Exterminator.

1858 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. (ed. 2) (L.) Simon de Montfort, the exterminator of the Albigenses.

2. Chiefly North American. A person who eradicates vermin or other pests from a building or area, esp. as an occupation or business.Often with modifying word specifying the type of pest. Cf. bug exterminator.

1870 Pittsfield (Mass.) Sun 29 Sept. 1/7 The legislature..passed an act providing for a bounty of ten cents on the scalps of each of these pests [sc. squirrels and gophers]... Over $30,000 have already been paid.., showing that the pest-exterminators have gone to work in earnest.

1935 Jrnl. Real Estate Managem. June 302/1 The commercial exterminator has made every effort to know the habits of his enemy, the rat.

1997 H. Robertson Taking Care of Business 7 If you're renting space, is it in good condition, or will the cockroach exterminators have to come in next week?

2014 N.Y. Times 21 Sept. (Mag.) 74/2 The landlord called in exterminators. Dressed in hazmat suits, they fogged our apartments with insecticides for weeks.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	exterminator
释义	exterminatorn. /ɛkˈstəːmɪneɪtə/ Etymology: < Latin exterminātor, agent-noun < extermināre : see exterminate v. 1. One who or that which exterminates, destroys, or puts an end to. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > utter destruction or annihilation > one who annihilates extinguisher1562 expungerc1611 exterminator1611 annihilator1666 decreator1678 blotter out1827 exterminatrix1880 exterminatress1891 liquidator1949 zapper1969 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Exterminateur, an exterminator, banisher; destroyer. 1732 A. Bower Historia Litteraria 3 289 He made such a dreadful havoc of the Spaniards, that he was very justly surnamed the Exterminator. 1858 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. (ed. 2) (L.) Simon de Montfort, the exterminator of the Albigenses. 2. Chiefly North American. A person who eradicates vermin or other pests from a building or area, esp. as an occupation or business.Often with modifying word specifying the type of pest. Cf. bug exterminator. Π 1870 Pittsfield (Mass.) Sun 29 Sept. 1/7 The legislature..passed an act providing for a bounty of ten cents on the scalps of each of these pests [sc. squirrels and gophers]... Over $30,000 have already been paid.., showing that the pest-exterminators have gone to work in earnest. 1935 Jrnl. Real Estate Managem. June 302/1 The commercial exterminator has made every effort to know the habits of his enemy, the rat. 1997 H. Robertson Taking Care of Business 7 If you're renting space, is it in good condition, or will the cockroach exterminators have to come in next week? 2014 N.Y. Times 21 Sept. (Mag.) 74/2 The landlord called in exterminators. Dressed in hazmat suits, they fogged our apartments with insecticides for weeks. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1611
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