"pest control" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} pest control (uncountable)
  1. The regulation or management of another species defined as a pest. Tags: uncountable Related terms: pestology, exterminator Translations (regulation or management of another species defined as a pest): ongediertebestrijding [feminine] (Dutch), tuholaistorjunta (Finnish), Schädlingsbekämpfung [feminine] (German), kártevőirtás (Hungarian), rovarirtás [insects, entomology, biology, natural-sciences] (Hungarian), rágcsálóirtás [rodents, mammals, zoology, biology, natural-sciences] (Hungarian), controlo de pragas [masculine] (Portuguese), control de plagas [masculine] (Spanish), supil-angol (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-pest_control-en-noun-g~jNC94E Disambiguation of 'regulation or management of another species defined as a pest': 98 2
  2. A service that removes pests. Tags: uncountable Translations (pest control service): ongediertebestrijding [feminine] (Dutch), tuholaistorjunta (Finnish), Schädlingsbekämpfer [masculine] (German), Kammerjäger [masculine] (German), controlo de pragas [masculine] (Portuguese), control de plagas [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-pest_control-en-noun-pU1~gb7g Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of 'pest control service': 41 59

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