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ex·ter·mi·nate
(ĭk-stûr′mə-nāt′)tr.v. ex·ter·mi·nat·ed, ex·ter·mi·nat·ing, ex·ter·mi·nates
To get rid of by destroying completely: exterminated the termites that were weakening the wall. See Synonyms at annihilate.
[Latin extermināre, extermināt-, to drive out : ex-, ex- + termināre, to mark boundaries (from terminus, boundary marker).]
ex·ter′mi·na′tion n.
ex·ter′mi·na′tive, ex·ter′mi·na·to′ry (-nə-tôr′ē) adj.
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exterminate
(ɪkˈstɜːmɪˌneɪt) orextermine
vb
(tr) to destroy (living things, esp pests or vermin) completely; annihilate; eliminate
[C16: from Latin extermināre to drive away, from terminus boundary]
exˈterminable adj
exˌtermiˈnation n
exˈterminative, exˈterminatory adj
exˈtermiˌnator n
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ex•ter•mi•nate
(ɪkˈstɜr məˌneɪt)v.t. -nat•ed, -nat•ing.
to get rid of by destroying: to exterminate insect pests.
[1535–45; < Latin exterminātus]
ex•ter`mi•na′tion, n.
ex•ter′mi•na`tor, n.
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exterminate
Past participle: exterminated
Gerund: exterminating
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| Verb | 1. |  exterminate - kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many; "Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe"kill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays" |
| 2. | exterminate - destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption" |
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exterminate
verb destroy, kill, eliminate, abolish, eradicate, annihilate, extirpate A huge effort was made to exterminate the rats.
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exterminate
verbTo destroy all traces of:
abolish, annihilate, blot out, clear, eradicate, erase, extinguish, extirpate, kill, liquidate, obliterate, remove, root (out or up), rub out, snuff out, stamp out, uproot, wipe out.
Idioms: do away with, make an end of, put an end to.
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Translations
يُبيد، يُفْني، يَقْضي عَلى
udryddeudslette
útrÿma
iznīcinātizskaust
iztrebiti
ortadan kaldırmakyok etmek
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exterminate
vt → ausrotten, vernichten; disease, beliefs, ideas → ausrotten
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exterminate
(ikˈstəːmineit) verb to get rid of or destroy completely. Rats must be exterminated from a building or they will cause disease.
exˌtermiˈnation nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.