pest control
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- noun
- /pɛst kənˈtroʊl/
:
control de plagas
- Effective pest control is essential for maintaining a clean and healthy home environment.
- insect pest control
- pest control contractor
- biological pest control
What what I did was I ended up saying to the next farmer, could I get some of these pest control people up?
- What what I did was I ended up saying to the next farmer, could I get some of these pest control people up?
- And when they when they actually consume that host, they use it as a food source, they kill the host, which is what makes it a pest control method.
- So I'm just saying this, you know, pest control is a beautiful.
- So even professional pest control is just your dad with a trash can.
- So it's like, you know, it's not about, you know, it's, it's, I've heard the reason it's pest control, right?
- When the easiest sales I ever closed door to door selling pest control was a woman who we found out was married to a husband that was working a lot.
- And then while or pest control is a big, big business, a lot of business, it seems like it would you get calls every day.
- So he, he did pest control, you know, same model downline, you know, making millions a year doing that, invested every dollar into real estate.
Examples
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You're the only pest control company in town.
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To protect their crops, many farmers rely on pest control methods to eliminate harmful insects.
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I had the pest control guys out.
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I can call pest control.
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Got a little pest-control problem.
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I had a little pest control problem, but it's all taken care of.
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The pest control guy said they can take care of it.
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I'll call pest control in the morning, and they'll handle it.
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Despite his exhaustion, the sight of the pest control truck brought a smile to his face.
Fiction book (1999) -
Somebody call pest control?
Synonyms
The removal of unwanted insects and animals from buildings or stored food
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the process of managing or eliminating pests' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'pest' (a harmful animal or insect) with 'control' (to manage or restrain), forming a standard noun–noun compound denoting the activity of controlling pests. This is a literal, cross-linguistically common composition using frequent words, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
The name pest control comes from farmers and people in houses who wanted to control small animals and insects called pests that ate food and crops. So the picture of traps and sprays used to keep bugs and rodents away explains why it now means 'managing or getting rid of' harmful animals and insects.