Thesaurus / pest
FEEDBACKHow to use pest in a sentence
Then 4–1, the commissioners voted to go forward with a test of genetically modified males as pest control devices.
GENETICALLY MODIFIED MOSQUITOES HAVE BEEN OK’D FOR A FIRST U.S. TEST FLIGHTSUSAN MILIUSAUGUST 22, 2020SCIENCE NEWSHe wondered if it was the consequence of decades of the dingoes’ status as a livestock pest.
CULLING DINGOES WITH POISON MAY BE MAKING THEM BIGGERJAKE BUEHLERAUGUST 19, 2020SCIENCE NEWSThey also sent surveys out to pest control companies around the world.
THE ‘RATPOCALYPSE’ ISN’T NIGH, ACCORDING TO SERVICE CALL DATABETHANY BROOKSHIREJULY 14, 2020SCIENCE NEWSWhen food disappears, or pest control comes, rat populations fall.
WHY YOU’RE SPOTTING MORE WILDLIFE DURING COVID-19BETHANY BROOKSHIREJUNE 8, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTSThat can keep pests in check and limit damage, without unintended harm to pollinators.
PESTICIDES CAN HAVE LONG-TERM IMPACT ON BUMBLEBEE LEARNINGALISON PEARCE STEVENSMAY 18, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTSThe unicorns popular today typically aren’t garbage-eating pests.
WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO MAKE A UNICORN?CAROLYN WILKEMARCH 4, 2020SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTSWhat has happened between you and the communiers, whom may the pest carry off and hell confound!
THE PILGRIM'S SHELL OR FERGAN THE QUARRYMANEUGNE SUEIt is an animal not less mischievous than it is deformed; it is the pest of man, and the torment of other animals.
BUFFON'S NATURAL HISTORY. VOLUME VII (OF 10)GEORGES LOUIS LECLERC DE BUFFONAll weapons seemed lawful against such a mere pest as this—a dog in the manger.
IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO MENDCHARLES READEThey do not live in fixed abodes, but shift about in search of game or plunder, and are deemed a pest by the Santa Fe traders.
THE INDIAN IN HIS WIGWAMHENRY R. SCHOOLCRAFTWORDS RELATED TO PEST
- aches
- afflictions
- agonies
- burns
- catches
- convulsions
- cramps
- cricks
- discomforts
- distress
- fevers
- gripes
- hurt
- illnesses
- injuries
- irritations
- lacerations
- maladies
- miseries
- pangs
- paroxysms
- pricks
- sicknesses
- smartings
- soreness
- spasms
- stings
- stitches
- strains
- tenderness
- throbs
- throes
- tingles
- torments
- tortures
- troubles
- twinges
- wounds
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