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pest control en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The regulation or management of a species defined as a pest.
    • "We have done some targeted pest control, and it has made a huge difference. It's a serious topic. We looked at why there were so many power trips at Ladbroke Grove. And it was an infestation of birds." 2025 May 28, Paul Clifton, “Project Brunel on the right line”, in RAIL, number 1036, page 28:
  2. (uncountable) A service that removes pests.

Relateds

exterminator · pestology

Translations (17)

hu rovarirtás (regulation or management of another species defined as a pest) · fi tuholaistorjunta (pest control service) · pt controlo de pragas (regulation or management of another species defined as a pest) · pt controle de pragas (regulation or management of another species defined as a pest) · de Kammerjäger (pest control service) · fi tuholaistorjunta (regulation or management of another species defined as a pest) · de Schädlingsbekämpfer (pest control service) · pt controle de pragas (pest control service) · nl ongediertebestrijding (pest control service) · es control de plagas (pest control service) · hu kártevőirtás (regulation or management of another species defined as a pest) · de Schädlingsbekämpfung (regulation or management of another species defined as a pest) · pt controlo de pragas (pest control service) · tl supil-angol (regulation or management of another species defined as a pest) · hu rágcsálóirtás (regulation or management of another species defined as a pest) · es control de plagas (regulation or management of another species defined as a pest) · nl ongediertebestrijding (regulation or management of another species defined as a pest)