Collocation Dictionary

Try "happy" or "love"

Common collocations with pest in American Collocation

pest nouncountable

US/pest/

get rid of a pest

combat
control
destroy
eradicate
kill
suppress

A biopesticide will control only the pest for which it has been developed.

attract a pest

attract

Shrinkage in timber which has not properly been dried will open gaps that can attract pests.

not attract a pest

deter
prevent
resist

Crops that are genetically modified to resist a pest do not need to be sprayed with pesticides to control that pest.