Pest
Pest noun - A widespread disease resulting in a high rate of death.
Termite
Termite noun - Whitish soft-bodied ant-like social insect that feeds on wood.
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Synonyms for Termite
Pest and termite are semantically related in bug topic. Sometimes you can use "Pest" instead a noun "Termite".
Nearby Word: termitary
Both words in one sentence
- There's an Orkin pest control commercial wherein a giant termite mentions blinddatelove.com.
Source: Logging onto the Fourth Wall -
The Pink Panther episode "Pink Pest Control": A termite bedevils the panther by literally eating him out of house and home.
Source: Termite Trouble -
Also seen in "The Pest That Came To Dinner", after Porky calls the exterminator on the phone to come over to rid his house of the termite, after which the exterminator shows up not a few seconds later.Exterminator: Got held up in traffic, sonny.
Source: Western Animation / Looney Tunes
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