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exterminate

/ɪk'stɜrmə,neɪt/

Synonyms of exterminate Antonyms of exterminate Examples of exterminate Usage of exterminate Parts of exterminate Definition that contains exterminate Words sounding like exterminate Explanation of exterminate

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

Examples of exterminate

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