exterminators
Bug removal professionals
Exterminators are people or companies hired to eliminate pests—insects, rodents, or other unwanted creatures—from buildings or properties.
The term emphasizes killing rather than removal: We called the exterminators about the termites.
Figuratively, an exterminator destroys or eliminates anything systematically: an exterminator of hope.
Disinfection via airborne chemicals
- infestationPest takeover situation
- rodentsGnawing mammal order
- termitesWood-eating social insects
- cockroachesHardy household insect pests
pesticides · traps · inspection · treatment · bedbugs · ants · wasps · removal
Harmful ingested substance
- fumigantAirborne pest poison
- tentingStaying in portable shelter
- baitingDeliberately trying to provoke
- trappingCatching with concealed devices
repellent · insecticide · rodenticide · aerosol · dust · gel · stations · exclusion
Those who exclude others
- destroyersFast armed naval vessels
- eradicatorsThose who destroy completely
- annihilatorsThose who destroy completely
- purgersThose who cleanse forcibly
removers · liquidators · cleansers · assassins · hunters · killers · vanquishers · obliterators
Long-tailed urban pests
- miceSmall gnawing mammals
- roachesScuttling household insects
- termitesWood-eating social insects
- bedbugsBlood-feeding mattress insects
fleas · mosquitoes · wasps · hornets · bees · spiders · silverfish · moths
fumigation
Disinfection via airborne chemicals
- infestationPest takeover situation
- rodentsGnawing mammal order
- termitesWood-eating social insects
cockroaches · pesticides · traps · inspection · treatment · bedbugs · ants · wasps · removal · spray
poison
Harmful ingested substance
trapping · repellent · insecticide · rodenticide · aerosol · dust · gel · stations · exclusion · sealing
eliminators
Those who exclude others
- destroyersFast armed naval vessels
- eradicatorsThose who destroy completely
- annihilatorsThose who destroy completely
purgers · removers · liquidators · cleansers · assassins · hunters · killers · vanquishers · obliterators · executioners
rats
Long-tailed urban pests
bedbugs · fleas · mosquitoes · wasps · hornets · bees · spiders · silverfish · moths · beetles
technicians
Skilled equipment handlers
- specialistsFocused field authorities
- companiesBusiness entities
- OrkinPest removal service
uniforms · trucks · equipment · service · appointment · estimate · warranty · insurance · franchise · local
- pest controlinsecticide, rat trap, pesticide, mousetrap, pesticides
- destroyersdestroyers, guided missile, torpedo tubes, hull, stern
exterminatorsanimal rescuers
Those who save creatures
conservationists · preservationists · animal sanctuaries · animal shelters · wildlife sanctuaries
exterminatorsbreeders
Those who propagate stock
propagators · conservationists · endangered species advocates · beekeepers
exterminatorsconservationists
Advocates for protecting nature
environmentalists · animal rights activists · Jane Goodall · Steve Irwin