exterminate
to get rid of by destroying; destroy totally; extirpate: to exterminate an enemy; to exterminate insects.
Origin of exterminate
1Other words for exterminate
Other words from exterminate
- ex·ter·mi·na·ble [ik-stur-muh-nuh-buhl], /ɪkˈstɜr mə nə bəl/, adjective
- ex·ter·mi·na·tion, noun
- non·ex·ter·mi·na·tion, noun
- self-ex·ter·mi·na·tion, noun
- un·ex·ter·mi·na·ble, adjective
- un·ex·ter·mi·nat·ed, adjective
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How to use exterminate in a sentence
There was another group targeted by Hitler for extermination—the Roma.
Ron Rosenbaum on Hitler, Hollywood, and Quantifying Evil | William O’Connor | July 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPioneers waged wars of extermination against wolves and other predators.
Green Politics Has to Get More Radical, Because Anything Less Is Impractical | Jedediah Purdy | April 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTCamp Liberty was “a concentration camp” and “an extermination camp,” he said.
Iranian Bombs and Black Swans in the Nuclear Negotiations | Christopher Dickey | December 17, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTI was just the director of the extermination program at Auschwitz.
Even while I was doing the extermination work, I led a normal family life.
He carried this war of extermination up to Ilocos, where, little by little, his forces deserted him.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanHe prohibited the assemblies in the cemeteries, and reiterated the edict of extermination against the Christians.
The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry WithrowNon licet esse vos—It is not lawful for you to exist—was the stern edict of extermination pronounced against the saints.
The Catacombs of Rome | William Henry WithrowTheir present restriction and partial extermination have been due to the incursions of the warlike Malays.
Man And His Ancestor | Charles MorrisBut their attacks angered the superior ones, and they began a campaign of extermination against the insect men's empire.
Valley of the Croen | Lee Tarbell
British Dictionary definitions for exterminate
/ (ɪkˈstɜːmɪˌneɪt) /
(tr) to destroy (living things, esp pests or vermin) completely; annihilate; eliminate
Origin of exterminate
1Derived forms of exterminate
- exterminable, adjective
- extermination, noun
- exterminative or exterminatory, adjective
- exterminator, noun
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