exterminate
verb (used with object)
to get rid of by destroying; destroy totally; extirpate.
are exterminating
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present progressiveof exterminate.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Great establishments are exterminating small ones, and are forming federations with each other.
From Socialism and the Social Movement in the 19th Century by Werner Sombart
Beyond question, we are exterminating our finest species of mammals, birds and fishes according to law!
From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by William Temple Hornaday
It is the permanent residents of the haunts of birds and game that are exterminating the wild life.
From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by William Temple Hornaday
Now ferrets and phosphorus are exterminating it in the rabbit-infested districts.
From The Long White Cloud by William Pember Reeves
