= exterminate, v. 2 3.

= extinguish, v. 3e.

To root out, exterminate (a family, sect, or nation); = extirpate, v. 3.

To root out, exterminate, or totally destroy (a class, sect, or nation); to kill off, and render extinct (a species of animals or plants). Const. o…

To annihilate, bring to an end, cut off (a family, race, etc.).

To destroy utterly, put an end to (persons or animals); now only, to root out, extirpate (species, races, populations, sects, hence opinions, etc.).