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exterminate

/I/k'st/[@]/rm/@/,n/eI/t/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

verb

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

    verb.contact

    Examples
    Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe.
    Synonyms kill off

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. destroy completely, as if down to the roots

    verb.creation

    Synonyms eradicate extirpate root out uproot

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. To drive out or away; to expel.

    verb

    Source: webster1913

Nearby words

exterioriseexteriorityexteriorizationexteriorizeexteriorlyexterminableexterminatedexterminationexterminatorexterminatoryextermineextern

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