 exterminate |
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| 1. | [ verb ] kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many | |
| Synonyms: | kill_off | |
| Examples: | "Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe" |
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| Related terms: | kill exterminator | |
| 2. | [ verb ] destroy completely, as if down to the roots | |
| Synonyms: | extirpate eradicate uproot | |
| Examples: | "the vestiges of political democracy were soon uprooted" |
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| Related terms: | destroy deracination destroyer | |
| Similar spelling: |
exterminated exterminator exterminable extermination exteriorize exteriorise exothermic external exterior exoteric externalize externalise external_ear |
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