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exterminate

/ɪk'stɜrmə,neɪt/

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verb
destroy completely, as if down to the roots
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Similar:

eradicate extirpate root out uproot

type of:
destroy destruct
verb
kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many
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"Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe"

Similar:

kill off

type of:
kill

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