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1. (v.t.) exterminate
to get rid of by destroying:
to exterminate insect pests.
Etymology: (1535–45; < L exterminātus)
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1. (verb) exterminate, kill off
kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many
"Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe"
2. (verb) uproot, eradicate, extirpate, root out, exterminate
destroy completely, as if down to the roots
"the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption"
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1. (verb) exterminate
to kill an entire group; = wipe out
the extermination of ants in their nests
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1. (verb) exterminate
to drive out or away; to expel
2. (verb) exterminate
to destroy utterly; to cut off; to extirpate; to annihilate; to root out; as, to exterminate a colony, a tribe, or a nation; to exterminate error or vice
3. (verb) exterminate
to eliminate, as unknown quantities
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Sense: to get rid of or destroy completely
Rats must be exterminated from a building or they will cause disease.
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 Afrikaans: uitdelg, uitroei |
 Arabic: يُبيد، يُفْني، يَقْضي عَل |
 Bulgarian: унищожавам |
 Brazilian: exterminar |
 Czech: vyhubit |
 German: ausrotten |
 Danish: udslette; udrydde |
 Greek: εξολοθρεύω |
 Spanish: exterminar |
 Estonian: hävitama |
 Farsi: ریشه کن کردن؛ از بین بردن |
 Finnish: tuhota |
 French: exterminer |
 Hebrew: להשמיד |
 Hindi: पूर्णतया नष्ट करना |
 Croatian: iskorijeniti, uništiti |
 Hungarian: kiirt |
 Indonesian: membasmi |
 Icelandic: útrÿma |
 Italian: sterminare |
 Japanese: 絶滅する |
 Korean: 박멸하다 |
 Lithuanian: išnaikinti |
 Latvian: iznīcināt; izskaust |
 Malay: membasmi |
 Dutch: uitroeien |
 Norwegian: utrydde, tilintetgjøre |
 Polish: wytępić |
 Persian: ریشه کن کردن؛ از بین بردن |
 Pashto: له منځه وړل |
 Portuguese: exterminar |
 Romanian: a extermina, a stârpi |
 Russian: уничтожать |
 Slovak: vyhubiť |
 Slovenian: iztrebiti |
 Serbian: istrebiti |
 Swedish: utrota |
 Thai: ทำลายสิ้น |
 Turkish: ortadan kaldırmak, yok et |
 Taiwanese: 滅絕, 根除 |
 Ukrainian: винищувати; викорінювати |
 Urdu: مکمل طور پر تباہ کر دینا |
 Vietnamese: tiêu diệt |
 Chinese: 灭绝，消除 |
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