Pest Control Vocabulary

verb to completely destroy or eliminate something

• Efforts to eradicate poverty have been ongoing for decades.
• We need to completely eradicate those annoying bugs from the house.
• Let's get rid of those pests once and for all.
• She was determined to eradicate all negativity from her life.

noun the state of being completely destroyed or killed

• The extermination of pests in the agricultural fields was carried out using environmentally friendly methods.
• We hired a company to take care of the extermination of the ants in our kitchen.
• I heard there's a new product on the market for bug extermination that works like a charm.
• The extermination of creativity in the workplace stifled innovation and progress.

noun A fine mist of liquid particles

verb To disperse liquid in a mist or fine particles

• The gardener used a pesticide spray to protect the plants from insects.
• I always carry a bottle of bug spray when I go camping.
• She sprayed on some perfume before going out on a date.
• The artist's creativity seemed to spray out in all directions.

verb to be full of a large number of insects or other small creatures moving together in a group

preposition a word governing, and usually preceding, a noun or pronoun and expressing a relation to another word or element in the clause

• The field was swarming with insects during the summer months.
• The park is always swarming with people on weekends.
• The concert was swarming with fans trying to get close to the stage.
• Her mind was swarming with thoughts and ideas as she tried to come up with a solution.

noun a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible

• The laboratory study focused on the behavior of rats in response to different stimuli.
• I saw a couple of rats scurrying around the dumpster behind the restaurant.
• That movie was so bad, it was a total rat's nest of a plot.
• When the project fell apart, it felt like the rats were abandoning a sinking ship.