different between exterminator vs exterminate

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?st?m??ne?t?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?st??m??ne?t?/

Noun

exterminator (plural exterminators)

1. Someone or something that exterminates.
2. Specifically, a person whose job it is to kill insects and other pests in a building.

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From extermin? +? -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ek.ster.mi?na?.tor/, [?ks?t??rm??nä?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ek.ster.mi?na.tor/, [?kst??rmi?n??t??r]

Noun

extermin?tor m (genitive extermin?t?ris); third declension

1. ejector, expeller
2. destroyer, exterminator

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

Verb

extermin?tor

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of extermin?
2. third-person singular future passive imperative of extermin?

Romanian

Etymology

From French exterminateur

Noun

exterminator m (plural exterminatori)

1. exterminator

Declension

English

Etymology

From Latin extermin?tus, perfect passive participle of extermin?, itself from ex- + termin? (“I finish, close, end”) (from terminus (“limit, end”)).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?st??.m?.ne?t/, /?k?st??.m?.ne?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?st?.m?.ne?t/, /?k?st?.m?.ne?t/

Verb

exterminate (third-person singular simple present exterminates, present participle exterminating, simple past and past participle exterminated)

1. (transitive) To kill all of (a population of pests or undesirables), usually intentionally.

   We'll use poison to exterminate the rats.

2. (figuratively, transitive) To bring a definite end to; finish completely.

   The public school failed to exterminate truancy.

Synonyms

• (to kill all): annihilate, eradicate, extermine, uproot
• (to bring an end to): stamp out
• See also Thesaurus:destroy

Derived terms

Related terms

• terminate
• termination
• terminator

Translations

Latin

Verb

extermin?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of extermin?