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exterminate

[ ik-stur-muh-neyt ]

verb (used with object)

exterminated, exterminating.
  1. to get rid of by destroying; destroy totally; extirpate:

    to exterminate an enemy; to exterminate insects.

    Synonyms: , , ,



exterminate

/ ɪˈɜːɪˌԱɪ /

verb

  1. tr to destroy (living things, esp pests or vermin) completely; annihilate; eliminate
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈٱˌԲٴǰ, noun
  • ˈٱԲ, adjective
  • ˌٱˈԲپDz, noun
  • ˈٱԲپ, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·ٱ··Բ· [ik-, stur, -m, uh, -n, uh, -b, uh, l], adjective
  • ·ٱm·ԲtDz noun
  • non·ٱm·ԲtDz noun
  • self-·ٱm·ԲtDz noun
  • ܲe·ٱm·Բ· adjective
  • ܲe·ٱm·Բe adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of exterminate1

1535–45; < Latin ٱٳܲ, past participle of ٱ to extermine; -ate 1
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of exterminate1

C16: from Latin ٱ to drive away, from terminus boundary
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And if we’re to exterminate these structural pests from our society, we must focus our attention on their creators.

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"They didn't even want people to cry. We thought they were coming to bring peace, but instead they came to exterminate us. They took everyone they found on the street."

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The punishment for Multiples is to have each body incinerated and the original consciousness erased, thereby exterminating the person altogether.

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Live mosquitoes will be exterminated using ultraviolet light.

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It’s as though, having all but exterminated a plague, we decided we no longer needed to keep up the pyric hygiene that contained it.

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