Exterminate

Verb

 * 1)  To kill all of a population, usually deliberate and especially applied to pests.
 * 2)   To bring a definite end to, finish completely. A rather strong word that implies that what has been ended won't resurface.

Adverbs for Exterminate
ruthlessly; gradually; certainly; speedily; inevitably; totally; subsequently; entirely; cruelly; blindly; finally.

Synonyms for Exterminate
annihilate, eradicate, extermine, uproot, destroy, expel, extirpate, banish, uproot, remove, overthrow, abolish, decimate, kill.

Antonyms for Exterminate
foster, preserve, protect, cherish, nurture, keep, guard, secure, defend, propagate, plant, maintain, save, replenish, develop, colonize, breed, build up, beget.

Derived terms

 * extermination
 * exterminator
 * exterminatory

Related terms

 * term
 * terminate
 * termination
 * terminator

Thesaurus
abate, abolish, annihilate, bereave of life, blot out, bump off, butcher, carry away, carry off, cast off, chloroform, cut down, cut off, cut out, deprive of life, deracinate, destroy, dispatch, dispel, dispose of, do away with, do for, do to death, eliminate, end, eradicate, execute, extinguish, extirpate, finish, finish off, fling off, get rid of, immolate, kill, launch into eternity, liquidate, lynch, make away with, martyr, martyrize, massacre, murder, obliterate, poison, purge, put away, put down, put to death, put to sleep, remove, remove from life, root out, root up, rub out, sacrifice, shake off, shoo, slaughter, slay, stamp out, starve, sweep away, take life, take off, terminate, throw away, throw off, uproot, waste, weed out, wipe out

Pronunciation




Etymology
From exterminatus, past participle of exterminare 'exterminate', itself from ex- + terminare 'to end' (from terminus 'limit, end')

Translations

 * Czech: vyhladit, vyhubit
 * Danish: udrydde


 * Dutch: uitroeien, verdelgen
 * Russian: истреблять, истребить


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 * Kurdish:


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