vverb.contactkill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill manySynset:exterminate kill off
Examples:- Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe
Derivationally Related Form:exterminator
Hypernyms:kill
Inherited Hypernyms:exterminatekill
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | They want to --- the prisoners (apply to: kill off, exterminate)
vverb.creationdestroy completely, as if down to the rootsSynset:eradicate exterminate extirpate root out uproot
Examples:- the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted
- root out corruption
Derivationally Related Form:eradicationuprootereradicatorextirpation
Hypernyms:destroy destruct
Inherited Hypernyms:uprootdestroyunmake
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody
adj satadj.alldestroyed completelySynset:annihilated wiped out
Antonyms:preserved
Inherited Hypernyms:annihilated
Similar to:destroyed