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exterminate
ex·ter·mi·nate E0296600 (ĭk-stûr′mə-nāt′)tr.v. ex·ter·mi·nat·ed, ex·ter·mi·nat·ing, ex·ter·mi·nates To get rid of by destroying completely: exterminated the termites that were weakening the wall. See Synonyms at annihilate.
[Latin extermināre, extermināt-, to drive out : ex-, ex- + termināre, to mark boundaries (from terminus, boundary marker).]
ex·ter′mi·na′tion n.ex·ter′mi·na′tive, ex·ter′mi·na·to′ry (-nə-tôr′ē) adj.exterminate (ɪkˈstɜːmɪˌneɪt) or exterminevb (tr) to destroy (living things, esp pests or vermin) completely; annihilate; eliminate[C16: from Latin extermināre to drive away, from terminus boundary] exˈterminable adj exˌtermiˈnation n exˈterminative, exˈterminatory adj exˈtermiˌnator nex•ter•mi•nate (ɪkˈstɜr məˌneɪt)
v.t. -nat•ed, -nat•ing. to get rid of by destroying: to exterminate insect pests. [1535–45; < Latin exterminātus] ex•ter`mi•na′tion, n. ex•ter′mi•na`tor, n. exterminate
Past participle: exterminated
Gerund: exterminating
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| exterminate | | exterminate |
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| I exterminate | | you exterminate | | he/she/it exterminates | | we exterminate | | you exterminate | | they exterminate |
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| I exterminated | | you exterminated | | he/she/it exterminated | | we exterminated | | you exterminated | | they exterminated |
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| I am exterminating | | you are exterminating | | he/she/it is exterminating | | we are exterminating | | you are exterminating | | they are exterminating |
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| I have exterminated | | you have exterminated | | he/she/it has exterminated | | we have exterminated | | you have exterminated | | they have exterminated |
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| I was exterminating | | you were exterminating | | he/she/it was exterminating | | we were exterminating | | you were exterminating | | they were exterminating |
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| I had exterminated | | you had exterminated | | he/she/it had exterminated | | we had exterminated | | you had exterminated | | they had exterminated |
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| I will exterminate | | you will exterminate | | he/she/it will exterminate | | we will exterminate | | you will exterminate | | they will exterminate |
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| I will have exterminated | | you will have exterminated | | he/she/it will have exterminated | | we will have exterminated | | you will have exterminated | | they will have exterminated |
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| I will be exterminating | | you will be exterminating | | he/she/it will be exterminating | | we will be exterminating | | you will be exterminating | | they will be exterminating |
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| I have been exterminating | | you have been exterminating | | he/she/it has been exterminating | | we have been exterminating | | you have been exterminating | | they have been exterminating |
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| I will have been exterminating | | you will have been exterminating | | he/she/it will have been exterminating | | we will have been exterminating | | you will have been exterminating | | they will have been exterminating |
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| I had been exterminating | | you had been exterminating | | he/she/it had been exterminating | | we had been exterminating | | you had been exterminating | | they had been exterminating |
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| I would exterminate | | you would exterminate | | he/she/it would exterminate | | we would exterminate | | you would exterminate | | they would exterminate |
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| I would have exterminated | | you would have exterminated | | he/she/it would have exterminated | | we would have exterminated | | you would have exterminated | | they would have exterminated |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. |  exterminate - kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many; "Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe"kill offkill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays" | | 2. | exterminate - destroy completely, as if down to the roots; "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" "root out corruption"extirpate, root out, uproot, eradicatedestroy, destruct - do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house" |
exterminateverb destroy, kill, eliminate, abolish, eradicate, annihilate, extirpate A huge effort was made to exterminate the rats.exterminateverbTo destroy all traces of:abolish, annihilate, blot out, clear, eradicate, erase, extinguish, extirpate, kill, liquidate, obliterate, remove, root (out or up), rub out, snuff out, stamp out, uproot, wipe out.Idioms: do away with, make an end of, put an end to.Translationsexterminate (ikˈstəːmineit) verb to get rid of or destroy completely. Rats must be exterminated from a building or they will cause disease. 滅絕, 根除 灭绝，消除 exˌtermiˈnation noun 滅絕，根除 灭绝，根绝 exterminate
Related to exterminate: dictionarySynonyms for exterminateverb destroySynonyms- destroy
- kill
- eliminate
- abolish
- eradicate
- annihilate
- extirpate
Synonyms for exterminateverb to destroy all traces ofSynonyms- abolish
- annihilate
- blot out
- clear
- eradicate
- erase
- extinguish
- extirpate
- kill
- liquidate
- obliterate
- remove
- root
- rub out
- snuff out
- stamp out
- uproot
- wipe out
Synonyms for exterminateverb kill en masseSynonymsRelated Wordsverb destroy completely, as if down to the rootsSynonyms- extirpate
- root out
- uproot
- eradicate
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