What does Exterminate mean?

Definitions for Exterminate
ɪkˈstɜr məˌneɪtex·ter·mi·nate

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. exterminate, kill offverb

    kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many

    "Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe"

  2. uproot, eradicate, extirpate, root out, exterminateverb

    destroy completely, as if down to the roots

    "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption"

Wiktionary

  1. exterminateverb

    To kill all of a population, usually deliberate and especially applied to pests.

    We'll use poison to exterminate the rats.

  2. exterminateverb

    To bring a definite end to, finish completely. A rather strong word that implies that what has been ended won't resurface.

    Even a mass birching at the public school failed to exterminate truancy

  3. Etymology: From exterminatus, past participle of exterminare, itself from ex- + terminare (from terminus).

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To EXTERMINATEverb

    To root out; to tear up; to drive away; to abolish; to destroy.

    Etymology: extermino, Latin.

    Unlucky vices, on which the exterminating lot happened to fall. Decay of Piety.

    Alexander left Grecian colonies in the Indies; but they were exterminated by Sandrocothus. John Arbuthnot, on Coins.

    This discovery alone is sufficient, if the vices of men did not captivate their reason, to explode and exterminate rank atheism out of the world. Richard Bentley, Sermons.

Wikipedia

  1. Exterminate

    Exterminate!" is a song by the German Eurodance group Snap! featuring Niki Haris. It was released in December 1992, as the third single from their second studio album, The Madman's Return, and features vocals by the group's new front woman, Niki Haris. The song reached number-one in Spain, peaked at number 2 in Greece, Ireland, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, and became a top 10 hit in several other European countries. On the Eurochart Hot 100, "Exterminate!" peaked at number 2 in February 1993.

ChatGPT

  1. exterminate

    Exterminate refers to the process of completely destroying or eliminating something, usually a group of organisms, species, or entities. This term is often used in the context of pest control, where insects, rodents, or other pests are completely wiped out from a particular area. However, it can also refer to the eradication of a certain idea, behavior, or practice.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Exterminateverb

    to drive out or away; to expel

  2. Exterminateverb

    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. Exterminateverb

    to eliminate, as unknown quantities

  4. Etymology: [L. exterminatus, p. p. of exterminare to abolish, destroy, drive out or away; ex out + terminus boundary, limit. See Term.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Exterminate

    eks-tėr′mi-nāt, v.t. to destroy utterly: to put an end to: to root out.—adj. Exter′minable, that can be exterminated: used in the sense of 'illimitable' by Shelley.—n. Exterminā′tion, complete destruction or extirpation.—adjs. Exter′minātive, Exter′minātory, serving or tending to exterminate.—n. Exter′minātor.—v.t. Exter′mine (Shak.), to exterminate. [L. extermināre, -ātumex, out of, terminus.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Exterminate in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Exterminate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Exterminate in a Sentence

  1. Thomas Love Peacock:

    I almost think it is the ultimate destiny of science to exterminate the human race.

  2. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:

    Adolf Hitler didn't want to exterminate The Jews at the time, Adolf Hitler wanted to expel the The Jews, and Haj Amin al-Husseini went to Adolf Hitler and said,' If you expel them, they'll all come here.'.

  3. Sairagul Sautbay:

    I saw all the horrors there, in order to exterminate the Kazakh, Uyghur, Kyrgyz, and other indigenous peoples of East Turkestan [sic], who had lived in their homeland since the time of their ancestors, the CCP imprisoned men and women, young and old, from all walks of life.

  4. The Daleks (Doctor Who):

    Exterminate.

  5. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:

    Hitler didn't want to exterminate the Jews at the time, he wanted to expel the Jews, and Haj Amin al-Husseini went to Hitler and said, 'If you expel them, they'll all come here.'.

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