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Definition of Exterminate

1. Verb. Kill en masse; kill on a large scale; kill many. "They want to exterminate the prisoners "; "Hitler wanted to exterminate the Jews, Gypsies, Communists, and homosexuals of Europe"

2. Verb. Destroy completely, as if down to the roots. "Root out corruption"

Definition of Exterminate

1. v. t. To drive out or away; to expel.

Definition of Exterminate

1. Verb. (transitive) To kill all of a population, usually deliberate and especially applied to pests. ¹

2. Verb. (figuratively) (transitive) To bring a definite end to, finish completely. A rather strong word that implies that what has been ended won't resurface. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Exterminate

1. [v -NATED, -NATING, -NATES]

Medical Definition of Exterminate

1. 1. To drive out or away; to expel. "They deposed, exterminated, and deprived him of communion." (Barrow) 2. To destroy utterly; to cut off; to extirpate; to annihilate; to root out; as, to exterminate a colony, a tribe, or a nation; to exterminate error or vice. "To explode and exterminate rank atheism." (Bentley) 3. To eliminate, as unknown quantities. Origin: L. Exterminatus, p. P. Of exterminare to abolish, destroy, drive out or away; ex out + terminus boundary, limit. See Term. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Exterminate

exteriorising exteriorities exteriority exteriorization exteriorizations exteriorize exteriorized exteriorizes exteriorizing exteriorly

exteriors exteriour exteriourly exteriours exterminable exterminate (current term) exterminated exterminates exterminating extermination

extermination camp extermination camps exterminationism exterminationist exterminationists exterminations exterminator exterminators exterminatory exterminatress

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