deratization

[dee-rat-uh-zey-shuhn]

noun

extermination of rats, especially aboard a merchant vessel.

Origin:
1910–15; deratize + -ation

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Deratization has a plethora of syllables.

So is floccinaucinihilipilification. Does it mean:

the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).

(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)

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