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Definition of Exterminatory
1. a. Of or pertaining to extermination; tending to exterminate.
Definition of Exterminatory
1. Adjective. relating to or marked by extermination ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Exterminatory
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Exterminatory
Literary usage of Exterminatory
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Phonographic Dictionary and Phrase Book by Benn Pitman, Jerome Bird Howard (1901)
"... L Dt—^л EXTERMINATOR Ч exterminatory- exterminatory exter'nal — ^-n_ o "^L ..."
2. A Supplement to Johnson's English Dictionary: Of which the Palpable Errors ...by George Mason by George Mason (1803)
"exterminatory, adj. [from exterminate^ Tending to extermination. ... in this
exterminatory war upon each other. burle. To F.XTI'NCT. va [from the adjective. ..."
3. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1909)
"Indeed we should be mutually justified in this exterminatory war upon each other,
full as much as you are ..."
4. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"Forward, ye well-drilled exterminatory men; with your artillery-wagons, and
camp-kettles jingling. Forward, tall chivalrous King of Prussia; ..."
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