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terminator

ter·mi·na·tor

UK/ˈtɜː.mɪ.neɪ.tə/ US/ˈtɝ.mɪˌneɪ.tɚ/ uncommon

noun

1.

someone who exterminates (especially someone whose occupation is the extermination of troublesome rodents and insects)

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Origin

* Partly from post-classical Latin terminator (5th century), from Latin terminō; partly from terminate + -or. * (android that kills humans): After the 1984 film The Terminator.

Phrases

  • terminator pig

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