pest control in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

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pest [Brit pɛst, Am pɛst] N

I.control [Brit kənˈtrəʊl, Am kənˈtroʊl] N

1. control U (domination):

control (of animals, children, crowd, country, organization, party, situation)
controllo m (of di)
control (of investigation, operation, project)
controllo m
control (of investigation, operation, project)
direzione f (of di)
control (of others' behaviour)
controllo m
control (of others' behaviour)
autorità f (over su)
control (of life, fate)
dominio m (of, over su)
control (of disease, pests, social problem)
lotta f (of contro)
control (of disease, pests, social problem)
contenimento m (of di)
state control
controllo dello stato
to be in control of territory, town
controllare
to be in control of operation, organization, project
controllare, dirigere
to be in control of problem
avere padronanza di or avere sotto controllo
to have control over territory, town
controllare
to have control over crowd, children, others' behaviour
avere autorità su
to have control over fate, life
essere padrone or arbitro di
to take control of territory, town
assumere il controllo di
to take control of operation, organization, project
assumere il controllo, la direzione di
to take control of situation
prendere in mano
to be under sb's control or to be under the control of sb person:
essere sotto il controllo or in balia di qn
to be under sb's control or to be under the control of sb army, government, organization, party:
essere sotto il controllo di qn
to be under control fire, problem, riot, situation:
essere sotto controllo
is the situation under control?
la situazione è sotto controllo?
everything's under control
è tutto sotto controllo
to bring or get or keep [sth] under control animals, crowd, riot
tenere sotto controllo
to bring or get or keep [sth] under control fire, problem
circoscrivere
to bring or get or keep [sth] under control hair
mettere, tenere a posto
to be out of control animals, children, crowd, riot:
essere incontrollabile
to be out of control fire:
non essere più controllabile or essere ingovernabile
the situation is out of control
la situazione è fuori controllo or è sfuggita di mano
to let sth get out of control, to lose control of sth
perdere il controllo di qc
to be beyond or outside sb's control animal, child:
sfuggire al controllo di qn
the situation is beyond control
la situazione è sfuggita di mano
due to circumstances beyond our control
per circostanze al di là del nostro controllo or indipendenti dalla nostra volontà

II.control <forma in -ing controlling, pt, pp controlled> [Brit kənˈtrəʊl, Am kənˈtroʊl] VB trans

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to control oneself <forma in -ing controlling, pt, pp controlled>:

to control oneself
controllarsi

pest control in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for pest control in the English»Italian Dictionary

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II.control <-ll-> [kən·ˈtroʊl] VB trans

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It is also a function of a biological pest control program.
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If pest control occurs at an early stage of the disease, the plants appear to be able to recover.
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All known fairyflies are parasitoids of the eggs of other insects, and several species have been successfully used as biological pest control agents.
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Birds and mammals alike play a large role in pest control by eating many herbivorous insects.
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Thirdly, humans often rely almost exclusively on insecticides for pest control.
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It may be subject to some pests and diseases requiring pest control in cropping situations.
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This fallow period is shortened if population density grows, requiring the input of nutrients (fertilizer or manure) and some manual pest control.
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These nonconventional farmers have given up their land and its yields to the testing of different, more organic ways of pest control.
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It was a beneficial situation for both species: cats got a reliable source of prey, and humans got effortless pest control.
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Agents of biological pest control have proved effective for these mole crickets.
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